lodging house

a house in which rooms are rented, especially a house other than an inn or hotel; rooming house.

Origin of lodging house

First recorded in 1760–70

Dirt does not survive long, once within the walls of the lodging-house.

How the Other Half Lives |Jacob A. Riis
Once before I had visited Krebs in that lodging-house in Cambridge long ago with something of the same feelings.

A Far Country, Complete |Winston Churchill
The passengers, surrounded by draymen, hotel and lodging-house keepers, look blankly at each other.

Nevermore |Rolf Boldrewood
"I'm waiting till they get up at another house—a lodging-house—not here," the woman patiently returns.

Bleak House |Charles Dickens

It came to the lodging-house in Fifty-third Street just after she left, and I was asked to bring it to her.

The Mystery of the Hasty Arrow |Anna Katharine Green

lodging house

a private home providing accommodation and meals for lodgers