housing project

noun

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

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Spanish developer Pablo Castro is launching a huge, unconventional housing project in Miami’s West Little River called The HueHub. Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2025 Instead of employing the Surplus Land Act, which would require prioritizing affordable housing projects on the properties, San Diego officials are working with state housing officials, the Governor’s Office and at least one state lawmaker for exemptions to the law. Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Sep. 2025 In House of Guinness, an affordable housing project known as the Guinness Housing Trust was completed in 1870. Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2025 Here’s details on some of the other housing projects coming to the region. Charlotte Observer, 25 Sep. 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 5 Oct. 2025.

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