housing project

[hou-zing proj-ekt, proj-ikt]

noun

1. a publicly built and operated housing development, usually intended for low- or moderate-income tenants, senior citizens, etc.

housing project

noun

1. a housing development built and maintained by a local authority, usually intended for people with a low or moderate income

Word History and Origins

Origin of housing project¹

First recorded in 1935–40

Example Sentences

If lawmakers and then voters approve a bond measure, housing projects would probably compete with the three systems’ substantial deferred maintenance needs.

From Los Angeles Times

We have so many people living at or below the poverty line in housing projects that are so bad it’s a disgrace government allowed them to reach that state.

From Los Angeles Times

He insisted that his government was the first to take deliberate steps to tackle the crisis, citing state initiatives such as the housing project that he says has created hundreds of thousands of jobs.

From BBC

Authorities had pushed out most of the 1,800 families who lived in the Mexican American neighborhoods of Chavez Ravine to build a public housing project called Elysian Park Heights to house 17,000 people.

From Los Angeles Times

The permanent supportive housing project is meant for people who are experiencing chronic homelessness and have demonstrated a need for housing support.

From Los Angeles Times