housing project

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Westhoughton-born actress Maxine Peake was among the campaigners against it, describing it as a "housing project in golf clothing".

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026

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

From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026

In recent years, the city successfully sued the state to recoup millions of dollars in redevelopment agency loan money from a waterfront development and an affordable senior housing project.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 14, 2026

The family lived in a Brooklyn housing project at a time when such accommodations were safe, comfortable and a marker of the American black middle class.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025

“Suppose we organize some kind of a cooperative. For Japanese people coming back from the camps. We will design a housing project, and all the men looking for work will build houses.”

From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston