housing project
noun
: a publicly supported and administered housing development planned usually for low-income families
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Still, to date, only about 900 acres have been set aside for affordable housing projects under the law — and only 30 of those acres have been developed into homes where low-income residents can actually live.
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Abe Streep, ProPublica, 8 July 2025
Assembly Bill 130, created by California Assemblymember Buffy Wicks, D-Oakland, exempts most urban housing projects from environmental review.
—Terry Collins, USA Today, 3 July 2025
As chief operating officer and senior vice president, Davis, in tandem with then-President Hartzell, championed multiple new student housing projects to increase access and affordability for students.
—Lily Kepner, Austin American Statesman, 25 July 2025
This was reflected in the results of the November 2024 election, where Californians soundly defeated a measure that would have reduced the two-thirds vote to 55 percent for taxes needed to repay local bonds that fund housing projects (Proposition 5).
—Robert Gutierrez, Oc Register, 15 July 2025
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Abe Streep, ProPublica, 8 July 2025
Assembly Bill 130, created by California Assemblymember Buffy Wicks, D-Oakland, exempts most urban housing projects from environmental review.
—Terry Collins, USA Today, 3 July 2025
As chief operating officer and senior vice president, Davis, in tandem with then-President Hartzell, championed multiple new student housing projects to increase access and affordability for students.
—Lily Kepner, Austin American Statesman, 25 July 2025
This was reflected in the results of the November 2024 election, where Californians soundly defeated a measure that would have reduced the two-thirds vote to 55 percent for taxes needed to repay local bonds that fund housing projects (Proposition 5).
—Robert Gutierrez, Oc Register, 15 July 2025
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“Housing project.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/housing%20project. Accessed 9 Aug. 2025.
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