housing project
noun
: a publicly supported and administered housing development planned usually for low-income families
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Over the summer, Habitat for Humanity began construction on Pathway at Heritage Park, an affordable housing project that will build 14 homes off of Black Bob Road.
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Taylor O'Connor, Kansas City Star, 10 Jan. 2026
His grandfather founded an insurance company, Golden State Mutual Life, and a housing project in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles, Nickerson Gardens, was named for the patriarch, the Times reported.
—Kimi Robinson, USA Today, 8 Jan. 2026
The units will be available to tenants who earn lower incomes than many other affordable housing projects in the Sacramento area.
—Theresa Clift, Sacbee.com, 7 Jan. 2026
Several other affordable housing projects in the region, mostly new construction, have been completed with money from the California Municipal Finance Authority.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Dec. 2025
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Taylor O'Connor, Kansas City Star, 10 Jan. 2026
His grandfather founded an insurance company, Golden State Mutual Life, and a housing project in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles, Nickerson Gardens, was named for the patriarch, the Times reported.
—Kimi Robinson, USA Today, 8 Jan. 2026
The units will be available to tenants who earn lower incomes than many other affordable housing projects in the Sacramento area.
—Theresa Clift, Sacbee.com, 7 Jan. 2026
Several other affordable housing projects in the region, mostly new construction, have been completed with money from the California Municipal Finance Authority.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Dec. 2025
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“Housing project.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/housing%20project. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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