housing project

noun

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

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The reports also noted that some of the money for the San Francisco de Yare housing project appeared to come from PDVSA but should actually have been coming from an Italian company, Energy Coal, which had won a $126 million contract for the project. Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025 Creating a revolving load fund for affordable housing projects. Claudia Levens, jsonline.com, 6 Nov. 2025 And Mamdani also did significantly better in election districts with more public transit riders, mostly renters, or more public housing projects, while Cuomo did better in districts with more drivers and mostly homeowners. Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 5 Nov. 2025 Swinging from the overhanging branches and darting through the woods, the animals were heading toward a nearby housing project, their pink faces lit with glee. Ava Kofman, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 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 13 Nov. 2025.

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