housing project

noun

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

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Related Group, a developer on multiple county housing projects. Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 19 June 2026 The ordinance has shaped growth in Davis for more than two decades and has repeatedly blocked large peripheral housing projects. Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 17 June 2026 The housing project site is between Tasman Drive and Baypoint Parkway. George Avalos, Mercury News, 17 June 2026 Rick Jackson, the billionaire healthcare executive who grew up in poverty and spent time in Atlanta's public housing projects, has won the Republican runoff for Georgia governor, CBS News projects. Christopher Harris, CBS News, 16 June 2026 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 25 Jun. 2026.

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