housing project
noun
: a publicly supported and administered housing development planned usually for low-income families
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His grandfather, William Nickerson, was the namesake of the Nickerson Gardens public housing project in Watts.
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Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2025
The City Hall project is unique, city officials said, because it’s been paired with a neighboring 50-unit housing project that, when completed later this spring, will offer a mix of affordable units.
—Erika I. Ritchie, Orange County Register, 21 Jan. 2025
These funds, $10 million in total, were put aside for eligible affordable housing projects, the county stated in a news release.
—Emma Hall, Sacramento Bee, 18 Jan. 2025
Completing the currently underway 27 housing projects that will result in more than 2,000 affordable units.
—Abigail Hasebroock, Sun Sentinel, 17 Jan. 2025
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Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2025
The City Hall project is unique, city officials said, because it’s been paired with a neighboring 50-unit housing project that, when completed later this spring, will offer a mix of affordable units.
—Erika I. Ritchie, Orange County Register, 21 Jan. 2025
These funds, $10 million in total, were put aside for eligible affordable housing projects, the county stated in a news release.
—Emma Hall, Sacramento Bee, 18 Jan. 2025
Completing the currently underway 27 housing projects that will result in more than 2,000 affordable units.
—Abigail Hasebroock, Sun Sentinel, 17 Jan. 2025
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“Housing project.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/housing%20project. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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