student lodging vs housing

student lodging and housing both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
student lodging	Yes	No	No	No
housing	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, housing is a hypernym of student lodging; that is, housing is a word with a broader meaning than student lodging:

student lodging: inexpensive supervised lodging (especially for youths on bicycling trips)
housing: structures collectively in which people are housed

Other hypernyms of student lodging include living accommodations, lodging.

student lodging (noun)	housing (noun)
inexpensive supervised lodging (especially for youths on bicycling trips)	structures collectively in which people are housed
	a protective cover designed to contain or support a mechanical component
	stable gear consisting of a decorated covering for a horse, especially (formerly) for a warhorse