housing project

noun

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

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At Cosumnes River College, the project list includes constructing a new technology building and childcare center, expanding the stadium and building an affordable student housing project. Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 8 July 2026 The email links to a petition opposing the housing project from Barth’s firm. Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 7 July 2026 Some, Book noted, entered the new permanent supportive housing projects the Trust stood up this year — including Hideaway on the Bay in Cutler Bay, where 70-plus formerly homeless seniors now live. Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 2 July 2026 City officials describe the funding boost not as a switch that starts new construction immediately, but as a way to grow the local funding base and keep affordable housing projects moving forward. Elaine Rojas-Castillo, CBS News, 1 July 2026 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 14 Jul. 2026.

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