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housing project

housing project

29 2.6
A group of homes or apartment buildings that the government builds and runs for low-income families
  • noun
  • /ˈhaʊzɪŋ ˈprɒdʒɛkt/
  • US
translation icon : vivienda pública
  • There are a number of public housing projects and transitional housing programs in the city.
  • public housing project
  • low-income housing project
  • affordable housing projects

My mom grew up in a housing project in the Bronx.

Examples

  • I'm here outside the Park Hill Towers, a low-income housing project, and I can see citizens...

    The First Purge (2018)

  • My apartment was built as a housing project.

    Candyman (1992)

  • This is our main housing project.

    The Black Pimpernel (2007)

  • My mom grew up in a housing project in the Bronx.

    Inside of You with Michael Rosenbaum

  • FINNEGAN: I was born in a city housing project in the Bronx.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • The federal government erected huge barracks-style public-housing projects in the mud flats between the harbor and the town.

    Academic text (1990)

  • Many families in the city rely on the housing project for affordable living options.

  • He moved into a housing project after losing his job to find more affordable accommodation.

  • The new housing project aims to provide safe and stable homes for low-income families.

Synonyms

public housing
vshousing project
  • US
41 2.2

Homes the government owns and runs for people with low incomes

is a government funded and managed urban development for low-income families
subsidized housing
vshousing project
  • US
5 3.1

Homes that the government or a group helps pay for so they cost less for people

is funded and managed by public authorities as an urban development for low-income families
low-rent housing
vshousing project
1 2.3

Homes that have low rent for people with little money

is a publicly funded and managed urban development rather than only low rent

Antonyms

lap of luxury
  • Informal
5 4.4

A life with great comfort and a lot of money

How Publicly Funded

housing project
  • US
29 2.6
public housing
  • US
41 2.2

Surface Forms

housing project singular
housing projects plural

Morphology

housing + project

The combination of 'housing' (accommodation) and 'project' (planned work) makes the basic idea of a planned housing development readily derivable by a B1 learner. However, the specific socio-economic nuance — that it typically refers to publicly funded, low-income urban developments — is a pragmatic/cultural extension not fully predictable from the constituents alone, so full meaning may require exposure.

Etymology

The term housing project comes from government plans to build many simple housing buildings in one project for 'low-income families'. That's why the phrase housing project now means 'a publicly funded and managed housing development for low-income families'.