housing project

noun

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

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Featuring terrifying real spiders and set in a Parisian housing project with a fresh young cast including breakout actor Theo Christine, the movie became an instant genre classic and was bought by IFC’s Shudder for multiple territories, including North America. Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 8 May 2025 In fact, the New York City Housing Authority even sponsors day trips to these camps, especially for children living in housing projects. Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 2 May 2025 Orange County commissioners planned to consider Tuesday a zoning request for a housing project proposed by a church ministry that had sheltered homeless people in storage containers until the fire marshal shuttered the facilities last year. Stephen Hudak, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 Apr. 2025 Bass, as part of her effort to reduce homelessness, has cut red tape for certain types of affordable housing projects. David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 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 16 May. 2025.

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