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 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 By happenstance, however, a new state Supreme Court ruling on a highly controversial housing project in Berkeley may move the needle on CEQA reform. Dan Walters, The Mercury News, 18 June 2024 The project is just one of a handful of off-campus student housing projects planned for the UCF area. Tyler Williams, Orlando Sentinel, 18 June 2024 In May, as Dolan went around knocking on doors at the Queens housing project, most people didn't answer. Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA TODAY, 17 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 4 Jul. 2024.

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