housing project

noun

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

Examples of housing project in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Some of his pieces on display include 1977 portrait shots of smiling residents in Aliso Village, a large public housing project in the Boyle Heights that was demolished in 1999 because of gang violence and decaying conditions. — Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026

The building is set to be demolished to make way for an affordable-housing project sometime in the future. — Natu Tweh, Miami Herald, 8 Sep. 2026

Beyond these glitzy designs, Williams also created several affordable housing projects, the 28th Street YMCA in South LA, and the First AME Church in West Adams. — Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 26 Aug. 2026

The project therefore receives protections under California’s Housing Accountability Act, which can limit a city’s ability to reject qualifying housing projects based on certain objections. — Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 25 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1900, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for housing project

• subproject