ˈcouncil chamber/offices

3 A group of people elected to the

government of a city in the US:

the Los Angeles city council НБАРС

OALD, 8^th ed. council estate

ˈcouncil estate noun (BrE) микрорайон,

a large group of houses built by застроенный

a local council N. Schur: муниципальными

ˈcouncil house, ˈcouncil flat noun municipal or public housing unit домами (в Велико-

(BrE) a house or flat rented from So called because the government британии)

the local council agency regulating housing is council house

known as a council, whether 1. жилой дом,

district council, county council, принадлежащий

or other. The rent in council houses муниципальному

is extremely low. In America, совету; council-

municipal housing is often referred house flats квартиры

to as low-income housing or middle- в муниципальных

income housing. A multi-family unit домах

of this sort in America is called,

generically, a public housing project.

The equivalent in America would be

a council house estate or council

housing estate.