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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One at a housing project, the other at the University of Oxford.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 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

Both Councilmember Traci Park and Mayor Karen Bass said they did not know of a major, low-income housing project coming to the Palisades.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 29, 2026

She moved the family from the Ramona Gardens housing project in Boyle Heights to the apartment where Davis grew up around Pico and Western when Davis was just a few years old.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 9, 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