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

The family lived in a Brooklyn housing project at a time when such accommodations were safe, comfortable and a marker of the American black middle class.

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Two top officials at the Weingart Center Assn., one of Los Angeles’ most prominent homeless services providers, have been placed on leave while the nonprofit conducts an internal review into its housing projects.

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This shift will mean higher construction costs for developers, with some social housing projects likely to be abandoned or delayed, according to the Northern Ireland Federation for Housing Associations.

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She said that as material costs rise, the cost of new housing development will increase, too, which could in turn prompt developers to rethink low-margin affordable housing projects.

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In July, Newsom signed into law a rollback of a stringent environmental statute that opponents of new development have used in recent decades to tie up proposed housing projects in litigation, often for years.

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