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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Candlestick Park was demolished in 2015, and has been planned in recent years for housing developments.
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Paul Rogers, The Mercury News, 15 Feb. 2025
Instead of encouraging more sprawling suburbs, the city plans to encourage the construction of high-density housing developments in existing neighborhoods.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Feb. 2025
Founded in November 1982, the nonprofit’s mission is to create sustainable, healthy housing opportunities for underserved households through outreach, education and housing development.
—Jessica Alvarado Gamez, The Denver Post, 31 Jan. 2025
Mitchell said that the one-year program could be extended but that the site of the pilot will eventually be replaced by an affordable housing development.
—Doug Smith, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2025
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Paul Rogers, The Mercury News, 15 Feb. 2025
Instead of encouraging more sprawling suburbs, the city plans to encourage the construction of high-density housing developments in existing neighborhoods.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Feb. 2025
Founded in November 1982, the nonprofit’s mission is to create sustainable, healthy housing opportunities for underserved households through outreach, education and housing development.
—Jessica Alvarado Gamez, The Denver Post, 31 Jan. 2025
Mitchell said that the one-year program could be extended but that the site of the pilot will eventually be replaced by an affordable housing development.
—Doug Smith, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2025
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“Housing development.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/housing%20development. Accessed 20 Feb. 2025.
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