housing project

[hou-zing proj-ekt, proj-ikt] / ˈhaʊ zɪŋ ˌprɒdʒ ɛkt, ˌprɒdʒ ɪkt /

NOUN

affordable housing

Synonyms

WEAK

tenement house tenement housing welfare housing

Example Sentences

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The city disbursements detailed in the housing department’s report include $44 million toward a 100-unit housing project near Crypto.com Arena.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

Westhoughton-born actress Maxine Peake was among the campaigners against it, describing it as a "housing project in golf clothing".

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026

The family lived in a Brooklyn housing project at a time when such accommodations were safe, comfortable and a marker of the American black middle class.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025

The morning the housing project was approved, Shadow’s beating wings could be heard before he flew by a tree dubbed Lookout Snag.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 10, 2025

We were living in the housing project then, some government- built apartments for people without a lot of rent money.

From "Life Is So Good" by George Dawson