housing project
noun
: a publicly supported and administered housing development planned usually for low-income families
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That as difficult as New York and Philadelphia are, with their towering housing projects and subway systems and social strata, those structures also protect human beings from the elements.
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Zinzi Clemmons, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2026
In the wake of a city goal to build and preserve thousands of units worth of affordable housing to head off rising demand, large-scale affordable housing projects have increasingly benefitted from the weight of direct municipal support.
—Matan Josephy, Idaho Statesman, 4 June 2026
At some affordable housing projects, where parking requirements were eased as early as 2015, the frustration is mounting.
—Julia Prodis Sulek, Mercury News, 4 June 2026
In turn, Bowen Homes was created to replace the older Buttermilk Bottom housing project in Old Fourth Ward, a mostly Black, low-income community.
—Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 3 June 2026
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Zinzi Clemmons, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2026
In the wake of a city goal to build and preserve thousands of units worth of affordable housing to head off rising demand, large-scale affordable housing projects have increasingly benefitted from the weight of direct municipal support.
—Matan Josephy, Idaho Statesman, 4 June 2026
At some affordable housing projects, where parking requirements were eased as early as 2015, the frustration is mounting.
—Julia Prodis Sulek, Mercury News, 4 June 2026
In turn, Bowen Homes was created to replace the older Buttermilk Bottom housing project in Old Fourth Ward, a mostly Black, low-income community.
—Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 3 June 2026
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“Housing project.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/housing%20project. Accessed 10 Jun. 2026.
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