housing project
noun
: a publicly supported and administered housing development planned usually for low-income families
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Councilmember Eric Joyce suggested the city consider buying more properties to be used for affordable housing projects such as Greenbrier Village.
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Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Feb. 2025
Although Mahan faced pushback for using more Measure E dollars for interim housing solutions versus affordable housing projects, the city’s investments will see its shelter system nearly triple in capacity over the next year.
—Devan Patel, The Mercury News, 10 Feb. 2025
Shanté grew up in the Queensbridge Houses, New York City’s largest public housing project.
—Samantha Brown, NBC News, 31 Jan. 2025
Tiffani McCoy of the Proposition 1A campaign told Axios the alternative plan effectively rejects the social housing model that voters approved two years ago, while siphoning money away from other public housing projects.
—Melissa Santos, Axios, 28 Jan. 2025
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Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Feb. 2025
Although Mahan faced pushback for using more Measure E dollars for interim housing solutions versus affordable housing projects, the city’s investments will see its shelter system nearly triple in capacity over the next year.
—Devan Patel, The Mercury News, 10 Feb. 2025
Shanté grew up in the Queensbridge Houses, New York City’s largest public housing project.
—Samantha Brown, NBC News, 31 Jan. 2025
Tiffani McCoy of the Proposition 1A campaign told Axios the alternative plan effectively rejects the social housing model that voters approved two years ago, while siphoning money away from other public housing projects.
—Melissa Santos, Axios, 28 Jan. 2025
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“Housing project.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/housing%20project. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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