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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In addition to hitting a 30-year low, sellers... Details on first wave of federal lease terminations in Colorado now public Selling heats up in metro Denver’s housing market after a slow start to year Colorado leaders pushing dense housing development. The Denver Post, 10 Mar. 2025 In December 2019, Johnson County development company Austin Properties proposed a $50 million housing development on 29 acres in western Shawnee off Woodsonia Drive and 53rd Street near Kansas State Highway 7 to build 42 townhomes and 380 apartments. Taylor O’Connor, Kansas City Star, 7 Mar. 2025 The neighborhood that bridges the city's two biggest job centers could get another large housing development. Ryan Deto, Axios, 25 Feb. 2025 Fort Worth city leaders may this week endorse plans for several affordable housing developments across the city. Jaime Moore-Carrillo, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Feb. 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 23 Mar. 2025.

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