Sheltered housing is a British English term covering a wide range of rented housing for older and/or disabled or other vulnerable people.
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Is there an American equivalent for this kind of housing? Retirement home and Assisted living don't seem to match, but I can't imagine this concept exists only in Britain, but when I search for it (or for retirement housing) I get websites with "co.uk". What is this called in America?
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When I (an American) hear sheltered housing, I think of homeless shelters.
What you're talking about sounds like a mix of different types of organizations that we split up into different categories: disabled housing, retirement homes, psychiatric hospitals, public housing, etc. I don't think you'll find one word that encompasses them all. It's not that the concept doesn't exist over here, it's just that we don't really have an all-encompassing word.
The closest thing I can find is assisted living, which might be what you're looking for. (Edit: I just saw that you already mentioned this term, but hopefully the previous paragraph helps.)