housing project
noun
: a publicly supported and administered housing development planned usually for low-income families
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Charlotte’s first public housing projects were developed, the Fairview Homes and the Piedmont Courts.
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Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 19 May 2025
Over the course of two years, the agency designed and planned over 80 housing projects.
—Eran Ben-Joseph, The Conversation, 19 May 2025
Critics of the law argue that it is regularly abused for non-environmental reasons to delay urban housing projects which are inherently better for the environment than sprawl development.
—Ben Christopher, Mercury News, 16 May 2025
It was launched in the 1970s by the federal government as an alternative to public housing projects, which were criticized for segregating poor families in neighborhoods with low-quality schools and other substandard services.
—Andrew Khouri, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2025
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Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 19 May 2025
Over the course of two years, the agency designed and planned over 80 housing projects.
—Eran Ben-Joseph, The Conversation, 19 May 2025
Critics of the law argue that it is regularly abused for non-environmental reasons to delay urban housing projects which are inherently better for the environment than sprawl development.
—Ben Christopher, Mercury News, 16 May 2025
It was launched in the 1970s by the federal government as an alternative to public housing projects, which were criticized for segregating poor families in neighborhoods with low-quality schools and other substandard services.
—Andrew Khouri, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2025
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“Housing project.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/housing%20project. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.
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