housing project
noun
: a publicly supported and administered housing development planned usually for low-income families
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At its bimonthly meeting Wednesday morning, the Baltimore City Board of Estimates approved a 20-year tax break related to an affordable housing project in West Baltimore.
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Carson Swick, Baltimore Sun, 8 Jan. 2025
Remley was supportive of growth and progress in the city, often voting in support of annexation and once in support of an affordable housing project that would raze a historic city ball field.
—Taylor Seely, The Arizona Republic, 27 Dec. 2024
His grandfather, William Nickerson, was the namesake of the Nickerson Gardens public housing project in Watts.
—Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2025
The City Hall project is unique, city officials said, because it’s been paired with a neighboring 50-unit housing project that, when completed later this spring, will offer a mix of affordable units.
—Erika I. Ritchie, Orange County Register, 21 Jan. 2025
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Carson Swick, Baltimore Sun, 8 Jan. 2025
Remley was supportive of growth and progress in the city, often voting in support of annexation and once in support of an affordable housing project that would raze a historic city ball field.
—Taylor Seely, The Arizona Republic, 27 Dec. 2024
His grandfather, William Nickerson, was the namesake of the Nickerson Gardens public housing project in Watts.
—Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2025
The City Hall project is unique, city officials said, because it’s been paired with a neighboring 50-unit housing project that, when completed later this spring, will offer a mix of affordable units.
—Erika I. Ritchie, Orange County Register, 21 Jan. 2025
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“Housing project.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/housing%20project. Accessed 15 Feb. 2025.
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