noun
housing-loan corporation
Specifically refers to the 住宅金融専門会社 (housing loan companies) that existed in Japan until the late 1990s. The term is strongly associated with the 住専問題 (jusen problem) of the 1990s financial crisis.
住専問題は1990年代の日本の金融危機の一因となった。
The jusen problem was one of the causes of Japan's financial crisis in the 1990s.