Definitions

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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Roy said accused Feldstein Soto of inappropriately blocking an affordable housing project in Venice.

From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2026

Clarence Thomas and Sonia Sotomayor came from little in a material sense, he from tiny Pin Point, Ga., she from a Bronx tenement and later a housing project.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

Hempcrete is being used for purposes like insulation, for instance in a housing project underway in Lewes, England.

From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026

One day Venkatesh walked twenty blocks from the university to a housing project on the shore of Lake Michigan to administer his survey.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt