housing project
noun
: a publicly supported and administered housing development planned usually for low-income families
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Gibbs stood out as a disheveled white man of dubious habits living in a mostly Black housing project in East Flatbush, Brooklyn.
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Lizz Schumer, People.com, 29 Dec. 2024
Affordable housing projects in Orlando, Kissimmee and Sanford received nearly $2.8 million Thursday when the Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta awarded more than $55 million in grants to help build thousands of homes across the country.
—Staff Report, Orlando Sentinel, 21 Dec. 2024
The California Coastal Commission approved a 120-unit affordable housing project in Venice on Wednesday.
—Liam Dillon, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2024
Tiffany Wallace: Wallace, 34, of Nashville, was indicted along with two others in 2019 on drug charges for selling methamphetamine on or around a Nashville public housing project on Whites Creek Pike.
—Evan Mealins, The Tennessean, 13 Dec. 2024
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Lizz Schumer, People.com, 29 Dec. 2024
Affordable housing projects in Orlando, Kissimmee and Sanford received nearly $2.8 million Thursday when the Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta awarded more than $55 million in grants to help build thousands of homes across the country.
—Staff Report, Orlando Sentinel, 21 Dec. 2024
The California Coastal Commission approved a 120-unit affordable housing project in Venice on Wednesday.
—Liam Dillon, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2024
Tiffany Wallace: Wallace, 34, of Nashville, was indicted along with two others in 2019 on drug charges for selling methamphetamine on or around a Nashville public housing project on Whites Creek Pike.
—Evan Mealins, The Tennessean, 13 Dec. 2024
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“Housing project.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/housing%20project. Accessed 8 Jan. 2025.
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