housing project
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Blankfein said that because of his childhood — he grew up in a housing project in Brooklyn — he found it difficult for a long time to think of himself as wealthy, despite his fortune.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 17, 2026
Park opposed the completion and instead wants to turn it into a “mobility hub” and move the housing project to an adjacent lot.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 24, 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
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 Lanes, who lived in a housing project in Harlem, already had several children, each with a fairly typical name.
From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt
