housing project
noun
: a publicly supported and administered housing development planned usually for low-income families
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Concerns about potential street parking shortages also have been raised by people in other parts of town where massive housing projects are being built, including the area near a 250-unit complex that’s going in at the corner of Encinitas Boulevard and Rancho Santa Fe Road.
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Barbara Henry, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Nov. 2025
The Ghost Ship families hope to have a temporary art structure in place for the 10th anniversary of the fire next year, and a permanent memorial when the low-cost housing project is completed in several years.
—Colleen Dolan, Mercury News, 27 Nov. 2025
The local public housing project, Trumbull Park Homes, was the site of White violence against Black tenants, resulting in a horrific race riot in 1953.
—Essence, 26 Nov. 2025
Last year, the federal program awarded California’s Continuums of Care more than $683 million, 90% of which went to permanent housing projects, the release stated.
—Theresa Clift, Sacbee.com, 26 Nov. 2025
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Barbara Henry, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Nov. 2025
The Ghost Ship families hope to have a temporary art structure in place for the 10th anniversary of the fire next year, and a permanent memorial when the low-cost housing project is completed in several years.
—Colleen Dolan, Mercury News, 27 Nov. 2025
The local public housing project, Trumbull Park Homes, was the site of White violence against Black tenants, resulting in a horrific race riot in 1953.
—Essence, 26 Nov. 2025
Last year, the federal program awarded California’s Continuums of Care more than $683 million, 90% of which went to permanent housing projects, the release stated.
—Theresa Clift, Sacbee.com, 26 Nov. 2025
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“Housing project.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/housing%20project. Accessed 4 Dec. 2025.
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