housing project

noun

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

Examples of housing project in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Earlier this month, San Mateo County granted $40 million to seven housing projects. Ryan MacAsero, The Mercury News, 26 June 2024 On Saturday at 10:40 a.m., a 44-year-old man was fatally shot multiple times in the 2900 block of South State Street near the Chicago Housing Authority’s Dearborn Homes public housing project on the South Side. Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 23 June 2024 Following the approval, the next step for the Coral Blossom Apartments developers is to begin applying for the necessary funds to complete the affordable housing project. Marcus D. Smith, Sacramento Bee, 18 June 2024 Left to right: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Queen Sophia of Spain, Bangladesh local government state minister Mohammad Rahmat Ali, and chief of Bangladesh’s Grameen Bank Muhammad Yunus, as Queen Sophia tours a housing project in suburban Gazipur in 2000. Charlie Campbell, TIME, 24 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for housing project 

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Word History

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 16 Jul. 2024.

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