housing project
noun
: a publicly supported and administered housing development planned usually for low-income families
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Eligible ownership housing projects must be affordable to moderate- and/or lower-income households.
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Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 1 Feb. 2026
Hochul’s Executive Budget proposal takes meaningful steps to address these challenges by expanding the types of affordable housing projects that qualify for Type II actions and a more streamlined environmental review process.
—Carlina Rivera, New York Daily News, 31 Jan. 2026
Gaylord White, Lehman, Wilson housing projects created high square mountains; the avenue made the valley; trash bags cluttered together looked like out-of-place shrubbery.
—Literary Hub, 29 Jan. 2026
Few places illustrate the aspirations and failures of American housing policy as well as the Techwood Homes in downtown Atlanta—one of the first federal housing projects.
—Idrees Kahloon, The Atlantic, 29 Jan. 2026
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Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 1 Feb. 2026
Hochul’s Executive Budget proposal takes meaningful steps to address these challenges by expanding the types of affordable housing projects that qualify for Type II actions and a more streamlined environmental review process.
—Carlina Rivera, New York Daily News, 31 Jan. 2026
Gaylord White, Lehman, Wilson housing projects created high square mountains; the avenue made the valley; trash bags cluttered together looked like out-of-place shrubbery.
—Literary Hub, 29 Jan. 2026
Few places illustrate the aspirations and failures of American housing policy as well as the Techwood Homes in downtown Atlanta—one of the first federal housing projects.
—Idrees Kahloon, The Atlantic, 29 Jan. 2026
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“Housing project.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/housing%20project. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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