housing project

noun

: a publicly supported and administered housing development planned usually for low-income families

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This innovative financing model is already being implemented in Palm Beach County, where affluent residents of Palm Beach Island—home to Trump's Mar-a-Lago—are offering philanthropic, zero-interest loans to support workforce housing projects just across the bridge in working-class West Palm Beach. Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Apr. 2025 The Marin County Board of Supervisors is considering a $5.2 million loan to support an 80-unit Habitat for Humanity housing project in north Novato, the county announced Thursday. Bay City News Service, Mercury News, 13 Apr. 2025 The Live Local Act, signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis in the spring of 2023, directed funding toward the creation of affordable and workforce housing projects, which manifests into incentives for developers who choose to take on the task. Abigail Hasebroock, Sun Sentinel, 3 Apr. 2025 Recent or upcoming projects funded by grants include the new West Mission Bay Drive bridge, subsidized housing projects, free meals at city library branches and a new interchange at Interstate 805 and Palm Avenue. David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for housing project

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First Known Use

1900, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of housing project was in 1900

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“Housing project.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/housing%20project. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.

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