Units of resistance in people’s ’ouses being reported? (4)
I believe the answer is:
ohms
'units of resistance' is the definition.
(units of electrical resistance)
''ouses being reported?' is the wordplay.
''ouses' becomes ''omes' ('homes' - homing is a kind of housing - said with the 'H' dropped, a cockney accent, like 'houses' was).
'being reported?' shows a homophone (sound like).
'omes' is a homophone of 'OHMS'.
'in people's' acts as a link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may be part of another bit of the clue.
(Other definitions for ohms that I've seen before include "working for the monarchy?" , "Frank marking" , "Measure of resistance" , "Units of electrical resistance" , "lab units" .)