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Uncommon card · Society
Public housing, an Uncommon card
Public housing, also known as social housing, is subsidized or affordable housing provided in buildings that are usually owned and managed by local government, central government, nonprofit organizations or a combination thereof.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 89
- DEF
- 86
- Power
- 175
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 82,000
Power 175 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 90 % of WikiCards cards.
Public housing quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Public housing card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
One can regard social housing as a ______ remedy for housing inequality.
Answer
potential. One can regard social housing as a potential remedy for housing inequality. From the Public housing article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Public housing. Public housing 89 · Jorge Lorenzo 86 · Lie 82 · Curtis Granderson 79 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- The details, terminology, definitions of poverty, and other criteria for allocation may vary within different contexts, but the right to rent such a home is generally rationed through some form of means-testing or through administrative measures of housing needs.
- One can regard social housing as a potential remedy for housing inequality.
- Within the OECD, social housing represents an average of 7% of national housing stock, ranging from ~34% in the Netherlands to less than 1% in Colombia.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Public housing article was read about 82,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 89 and blocks with 86: each hit it takes is cut by 34 %.
How to get Public housing
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Public housing (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Wirbel1980 ., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
