housing project
noun
: a publicly supported and administered housing development planned usually for low-income families
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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.
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Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 12 Sep. 2025
Those concessions to the Walton-Penner Ownership Group could transform Burnham Yard into a vibrant community that fits seamlessly with the existing neighborhood, while freeing up 80 acres at the old Mile High site for a housing project directed by the City of Denver.
—The Denver Post Editorial Board, Denver Post, 10 Sep. 2025
Plus, a new bridge crossing the White River will open in Hamilton County this fall, Westfield just purchased land for a new park and plans for a Noblesville housing project get scaled back.
—Kaitlin Lange, IndyStar, 3 Sep. 2025
Born in Chicago to a Greek immigrant mother and a Mexican immigrant father who worked in factories and sold insurance, Portillo grew up poor in a public housing project.
—Giacomo Tognini, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
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Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 12 Sep. 2025
Those concessions to the Walton-Penner Ownership Group could transform Burnham Yard into a vibrant community that fits seamlessly with the existing neighborhood, while freeing up 80 acres at the old Mile High site for a housing project directed by the City of Denver.
—The Denver Post Editorial Board, Denver Post, 10 Sep. 2025
Plus, a new bridge crossing the White River will open in Hamilton County this fall, Westfield just purchased land for a new park and plans for a Noblesville housing project get scaled back.
—Kaitlin Lange, IndyStar, 3 Sep. 2025
Born in Chicago to a Greek immigrant mother and a Mexican immigrant father who worked in factories and sold insurance, Portillo grew up poor in a public housing project.
—Giacomo Tognini, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
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“Housing project.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/housing%20project. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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