housing project

noun

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

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Additionally, the city can work with developers to ensure that new housing projects are in line with the character of existing neighborhoods and incorporate green spaces and amenities that benefit the community as a whole. Heather McRea, Orange County Register, 4 Oct. 2024 Between the lines: The former Brewster-Douglass public housing projects were demolished in 2013. Joe Guillen, Axios, 14 Aug. 2024 If more real estate investors don’t get involved with building affordable housing projects, housing and wealth disparities will continue to widen. Trixy Castro, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024 Related Articles Community’s ‘Starfish’ project moves on to its second feel-good housing project Leggy furniture: Furniture with legs on white wood floors automatically makes a room feel more spacious and airier than rooms with heavier, solid, upholstered furniture and covered legs on carpeting. Marni Jameson, The Mercury News, 10 Oct. 2024 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 5 Nov. 2024.

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