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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.


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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of housing project

First recorded in 1935–40

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Outside a housing project near Ceuta port, Spanish soldiers detained a group of nine tired-looking migrants who were sitting on the pavement, guarded by troops with an armoured car, an AFP reporter said.

From Barron's Aug. 2, 2026

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

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

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

From BBC Mar. 16, 2026

At the same time, another tempest was brewing in the nearby all-black public housing project McDougald Terrace.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson

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