housing project
noun
: a publicly supported and administered housing development planned usually for low-income families
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At Florida Atlantic University (FAU), students have developed a guidebook to help identify which kinds of existing vacant properties may be most viable for affordable housing projects, putting adaptive reuse into practice.
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Margi Glavovic Nothard, Sun Sentinel, 15 Feb. 2026
Mustafa’s 2024 debut album, Dunya—a folk memoir about growing up as a devout Muslim in a violent Toronto housing project as the son of immigrants from Sudan—was wildly acclaimed.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 11 Feb. 2026
Karen Grove of Menlo Together, an organization supporting the housing project, said residents are eager to further review the plans at the open house.
—Ryan MacAsero, Mercury News, 11 Feb. 2026
Only two other housing projects in the city, Versa in Broad Ripple and the Link in Fountain Square, have been approved to give to the fund instead of including affordable units.
—Alysa Guffey, IndyStar, 5 Feb. 2026
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Margi Glavovic Nothard, Sun Sentinel, 15 Feb. 2026
Mustafa’s 2024 debut album, Dunya—a folk memoir about growing up as a devout Muslim in a violent Toronto housing project as the son of immigrants from Sudan—was wildly acclaimed.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 11 Feb. 2026
Karen Grove of Menlo Together, an organization supporting the housing project, said residents are eager to further review the plans at the open house.
—Ryan MacAsero, Mercury News, 11 Feb. 2026
Only two other housing projects in the city, Versa in Broad Ripple and the Link in Fountain Square, have been approved to give to the fund instead of including affordable units.
—Alysa Guffey, IndyStar, 5 Feb. 2026
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“Housing project.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/housing%20project. Accessed 19 Feb. 2026.
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