foster home

noun2

1. •
   A household in which a child is placed for foster care.

   • Pete's foster home placements were never successful. — 2007
2. •
   A household that volunteers to care for a domestic animal it does not own, especially by raising it from infancy until it is old enough to be adopted by a permanent owner.

   • The group placed him in a foster home with a woman and two little girls, then advertised in the local paper. — 2003