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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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

“Unlike every other homeless or affordable housing project in my district, this one had no objection. It went straight through. There was absolutely no controversy,” Bonin said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 23, 2026

The fight started last year after developers Craig and Stephanie Smith laid out ambitious plans for an eight-story housing project with at least 250 apartments at 505 East Los Olivos St.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 2, 2025

The rest of us were relocated into a former defense workers’ housing project in Long Beach.

From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston