housing project

American  

[hou-zing proj-ekt, proj-ikt] / ˈhaʊ zɪŋ ˌprɒdʒ ɛkt, ˌprɒdʒ ɪkt /

noun

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

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housing project British  

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of housing project

First recorded in 1935–40

Example Sentences

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

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

Other issues also are animating the race, including debate over the response to the Palisades fire and a controversial housing project in Venice.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

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

From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026

Related is also building a housing project for low-income families and seniors called Alveare in downtown Los Angeles’s South Park neighborhood.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 24, 2025

There happened to be a Boy Scout drum and bugle corps located in the housing project next to ours.

From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston