housing development

noun

: a group of individual dwellings or apartment houses typically of similar design that are usually built and sold or leased by one management

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At the state level, their response was Live Local, a 2023 state law that aims to facilitate and incentivize affordable housing development. Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 14 Oct. 2025 My reporting has encompassed a little bit of everything, from rising municipal budgets to tight local elections to overturned affordable housing developments. Claudia Levens, jsonline.com, 10 Oct. 2025 Tallgrass is the second major housing development announced in the city in the past four months. Elizabeth Campbell, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Oct. 2025 Curious about a housing development or a construction site in the region? Charlotte Observer, 25 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for housing development

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First Known Use

1939, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of housing development was in 1939

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“Housing development.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/housing%20development. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.

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