Sentence examples for housing lies from inspiring English sources

The origin of council housing lies in the Housing of the Working Classes Act of 1890: three years later, the first council estate – Boundary Street, on the border of Shoreditch and Bethnal Green – was built in east London.

But ministers don't seem to be listening: a third of the area earmarked by the government for new housing lies on flood plains.

Housing lies at the heart of the economic problems, and the rise in the index of pending home sales, which is based on contracts signed in June, was a welcome bit of good news.

But behind the promise of "affordable housing", lies a model that has perfected gentrifying communities of color.

Many pieces of land selected by developers for housing lie on the outskirts of existing villages or towns.

There is a temporary feel to the town, with succeeding generations of government housing lying derelict, and plastic bottles and abandoned cars strewn about.

But now the house lies empty, its rolling lawns unkempt.

But the magic of Sooke Harbour House lies in more than its table and its cellar.

The phrase doesn't just apply to members of the lower house: lies, falsities, and theft pervade Russian officialdom.

Now the house lies in the heart of the city and Ms. Kumar and her sister are looking to sell.

In "Ground Control," a teenage girl, about to enter her house, lies face down in a puddle instead.