公こう住じゅう

noun

public housing apartment; Japan Housing Corporation apartment

Abbreviation of 公団住宅. Refers specifically to apartment buildings constructed by the former Japan Housing Corporation (日本住宅公団), now part of UR (Urban Renaissance Agency).

• 彼かれは公こう住じゅうに住すんでいる。

  He lives in a public housing apartment.

• この地ち域いきには古ふるい公こう住じゅうが多おおい。

  There are many old public housing apartments in this area.