housing project
noun
: a publicly supported and administered housing development planned usually for low-income families
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The most industrialized city on the continent boasted a new airport at Tempelhof, subsidized housing projects, and the impressive Berliner Funkturm tower, which would soon broadcast the world’s first television program.
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Literary Hub, 9 Dec. 2025
While the average review time for multi-family housing projects that proceed to a planning director’s hearing is about 20 months, Holland Partner Group’s approval took eight months.
—Devan Patel, Mercury News, 3 Dec. 2025
Local consumption tends to drop, meaning fewer service jobs, and losing certain skilled workers could delay housing projects.
—David Lightman, Sacbee.com, 3 Dec. 2025
Carla Solem, CoC coordinator for the west-central region, said housing projects starting in 2024 served 190 individuals and 79 households — 97 adults and 93 children under age 18.
—Mary Murphy, Twin Cities, 3 Dec. 2025
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Literary Hub, 9 Dec. 2025
While the average review time for multi-family housing projects that proceed to a planning director’s hearing is about 20 months, Holland Partner Group’s approval took eight months.
—Devan Patel, Mercury News, 3 Dec. 2025
Local consumption tends to drop, meaning fewer service jobs, and losing certain skilled workers could delay housing projects.
—David Lightman, Sacbee.com, 3 Dec. 2025
Carla Solem, CoC coordinator for the west-central region, said housing projects starting in 2024 served 190 individuals and 79 households — 97 adults and 93 children under age 18.
—Mary Murphy, Twin Cities, 3 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for housing project
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“Housing project.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/housing%20project. Accessed 16 Dec. 2025.
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