housing project

noun

: a publicly supported and administered housing development planned usually for low-income families

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The Solana Beach City Council approved a cost participation agreement May 6 with the developers behind the Solana Highlands and Ocean Ranch residential housing projects for improvements along South Nardo Avenue. Luke Harold, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 May 2026 The ordinance change won’t apply to 12 housing projects currently in the queue to be built. Elliott Wenzler, Denver Post, 13 May 2026 The priority consideration will apply only to new affordable housing projects that receive land-use permits on or after July 1. Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 13 May 2026 The scene was coincidentally next to two new housing projects going up in the Bronx. Marcia Kramer, CBS News, 13 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for housing project

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First Known Use

1900, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of housing project was in 1900

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“Housing project.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/housing%20project. Accessed 21 May. 2026.

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