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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Diamantopoulos will be outside of Zuni Street Brewing Company, at 2355 W. 29th Ave., on Saturday afternoon and at the Sterling Ranch housing development in Littleton on Sunday afternoon. Miguel Otárola, Denver Post, 3 Apr. 2025 The Little River project will be financed by a combination of private investment, which Swerdlow said has already been secured, and the sale of federal tax credits designed to support affordable housing development. Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 28 Mar. 2025 Assemblymember Josh Hoover, R-Folsom, who has a bill in the package, wanted to participate to show that housing development is not a partisan issue. Jenavieve Hatch, Sacbee.com, 28 Mar. 2025 Stephens said Jamboree’s housing developments are first class and typically the nicest complexes in the neighborhood once they are built. Michael Slaten, Orange County Register, 24 Mar. 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 15 Apr. 2025.

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