A non-profit making organisation established to provide housing for those unable to obtain their own Housing associations have largely taken over local authorities' responsibilities for the long term housing of people with special needs
A housing association is an organization which owns houses and helps its members to rent or buy them more cheaply than on the open market. an organization in Britain, formed by a group of people working together to build or buy homes for themselves
A body of trustees or company that is established for the purposes of providing, building, improving or managing, or facilitating, or encouraging the construction or improvement of, housing accommodation It does not trade for profit Anyone wanting help with housing puts his or her name down on the housing association list which acts in the same manner as council house lists