housing project

noun

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

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The horrific collapse of housing projects in southern Turkey during the 2023 earthquakes is a case in point. Richard Nephew, Foreign Affairs, 24 Feb. 2025 Those include paying for infrastructure upgrades like sewers and sidewalks, affordable housing projects and programs like Meals on Wheels. Christopher Flavelle, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025 The loan repayments will be recycled back into the fund for future housing projects. Lizzie Kane, Chicago Tribune, 19 Feb. 2025 Four housing projects with a price tag of more than $42 million will be considered by the Des Moines City Council on Monday night. Jason Clayworth, Axios, 27 Jan. 2025 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 10 Mar. 2025.

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