housing project

noun

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

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Several other affordable housing projects in the region, mostly new construction, have been completed with money from the California Municipal Finance Authority. Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Dec. 2025 And officials are working on new affordable housing projects in Grand Junction and Fort Collins. Bruce Finley, Denver Post, 21 Dec. 2025 The development at the heart of the debate is known as Hope Way Apartments, a 240-unit affordable housing project planned for Penryn, a small unincorporated community between Rocklin and Auburn. Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 17 Dec. 2025 Marcantonio currently has another East Hampton affordable housing project in the works, a 47-unit development on Pantigo Road. Kim Velsey, Curbed, 11 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for housing project

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First Known Use

1900, in the meaning defined above

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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 1 Jan. 2026.

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