Definition of housing noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
housing
noun
ˈhaʊzɪŋ ˈhaʊzɪŋ
1[uncountable]houses, flats/apartments, etc. that people live in, especially when referring to their type, price or conditionpublic/private housingpoor housing conditionsthe housing shortagethe housing market(= the activity of buying and selling houses, etc.)low-cost/cheap housing2[uncountable]the job of providing houses, flats/apartments, etc. for people to live inthe housing departmentthe council's housing policy3[countable]a hard cover that protects part of a machinea car's rear axle housing
ˈhaʊzɪŋ 
ˈhaʊzɪŋ 
1 [uncountable] houses, flats/apartments, etc. that people live in, especially when referring to their type, price or conditionpublic/private housingpoor housing conditionsthe housing shortagethe housing market (= the activity of buying and selling houses, etc.)low-cost/cheap housing