housing project
noun
: a publicly supported and administered housing development planned usually for low-income families
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Genial, slender, and very tall, he was born in 1966, and grew up in a housing project in the Upper Ninth Ward.
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Patrick Radden Keefe, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026
Lawmakers raised taxes slightly to help pay for public transit and housing projects.
—Adam Beam, AJC.com, 10 Apr. 2026
Just a few months earlier, Kelly had also urged the City Council to reject a three-story housing project that was planned on I Street near McKinley Park.
—Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 9 Apr. 2026
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and City Councilmember Ysabel Jurado called Thursday for allotting more than $360 million to developers and nonprofits building and preserving affordable housing projects.
—Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2026
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Patrick Radden Keefe, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026
Lawmakers raised taxes slightly to help pay for public transit and housing projects.
—Adam Beam, AJC.com, 10 Apr. 2026
Just a few months earlier, Kelly had also urged the City Council to reject a three-story housing project that was planned on I Street near McKinley Park.
—Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 9 Apr. 2026
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and City Councilmember Ysabel Jurado called Thursday for allotting more than $360 million to developers and nonprofits building and preserving affordable housing projects.
—Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2026
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“Housing project.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/housing%20project. Accessed 15 Apr. 2026.
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