housing project
Government-subsidized apartments
A housing project is a publicly funded residential development, typically consisting of multiple apartment buildings, designed to provide affordable housing for low-income families.
In American usage, the term often carries connotations of urban poverty, crime, and racial segregation, reflecting the troubled history of many such developments built in the mid-20th century.
She grew up in the projects on the south side.
The shortened form "the projects" is common in informal speech.
- inner-cityCentral part of metropolis
- ghettoSegregated urban quarter
- concrete jungleDense cityscape, few parks
- Section 8Federally subsidized rental assistance
- low incomeEarnings below average
zoning · tenant rights · rent strike · stoop · neighborhood watch · community center · property taxes · crack epidemic · stairwell · Robert Moses · infrastructure · waiting list · buzzer · building codes · hood · tower block · city ordinances · subsidized
- neighborhoodsneighborhood, suburb, subdivision, Greenwich Village, East Village
- urban housingapartment, flat, condominium, penthouse, studio
- urban neighborhoodneighborhood, block party, corner store, sidewalk, stoop
- developmentscondo development, master-planned community, subdivision, land development, waterfront development
- public housingcouncil estates, council flats, Section 8, council estate, council flat
- slumsslum, slums, shanty, shanties, shack
housing projectluxury condo
Lavish owned apartment unit
penthouse · mansion · gated community · luxury apartment · affluent suburb
housing projectsingle-family home
Freestanding residential dwelling
detached house · country estate · rural homestead · farmhouse · estate
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