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

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

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

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

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

From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026

She moved the family from the Ramona Gardens housing project in Boyle Heights to the apartment where Davis grew up around Pico and Western when Davis was just a few years old.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 9, 2025

As the teachers passed the George Washington Carver houses, a housing project for poor black families, people came out of their homes to encourage them.

From "Because They Marched" by Russell Freedman