Vanessa Nicholson (granddaughter of Vanessa Bell, one of the pivotal figures of the unconventional, but influential Bloomsbury Group in the first half of the 20th century) has described it as a curious slippery adjective.
Definition of 'public housing'. public housing. uncountable noun. Public housing is apartments or houses that are rented to poor people, usually at a low cost, by the government. [mainly US] ...the construction of more public housing.
housing project. n. A publicly funded and administered housing development, usually for low-income families. housing project. n (Social Welfare) US a housing development built and maintained by a local authority, usually intended for people with a low or moderate income. housâ²ing proj`ect n.