housing project

noun

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

Examples of housing project in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

City faces potential consequences for denying housing projects Before the vote, council members asked the city attorney what could happen if the city denied the project. — Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 11 Nov. 2026

Two major South Baltimore housing projects cleared a key hurdle last week, advancing plans for 500 townhomes in Baltimore Peninsula and 122 townhomes in Locust Point. — Lauren Breunig, Baltimore Sun, 7 Nov. 2026

After spending several years in San Francisco, Tighe returned to the Chicago area and worked for a social program involving children from Chicago’s Cabrini-Green public housing project. — Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 3 Nov. 2026

The controversial River Walk housing project, planned for an area roughly two miles northwest of downtown Riverbank, was a contributing factor to the measure's existence. — CBS News, 3 Nov. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1900, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for housing project

• subproject