housing project

noun

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

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Other housing projects are under development. Erika I. Ritchie, Oc Register, 22 Mar. 2026 The ballot measure expands major CEQA exemptions Newsom signed into law last year focused more narrowly on housing projects. Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 21 Mar. 2026 The apartments, and the neighboring apartment complex The Juniper, are affordable housing projects by real estate development company JB Vang. Imani Cruzen, Twin Cities, 20 Mar. 2026 Texas legislators may have found a pragmatic solution that pushes certain housing projects forward without endless hearings and rezoning battles. Julia R. Cartwright, Washington Post, 18 Mar. 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 24 Mar. 2026.

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