Provided a home for a small charge (7)
I believe the answer is:
adopted
'provided' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both to do with ownership as well as being past participle verbs.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?
I don't understand the remainder of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for adopted that I've seen before include "Took under one's wing" , "Like issue raised by others" , "Fostered - assumed" , "Took into one's family" , "Chose to follow" .)