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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Is shooting them in the middle of a housing development the best idea?
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Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 21 Mar. 2025
Silva focused on the plant’s proximity to a local housing development, Brook Hill Village, which town officials identified as one of the only developments utilizing government assistance for affordable family housing in a 2022 planning document.
—John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 20 Mar. 2025
Tim recalls a project in Tennessee where a student housing development had to comply with both Knoxville’s local building code and the state fire marshal’s additional jurisdictional requirements.
—Tyler Shepherd, USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2025
The status of housing developments in our region change rapidly.
—Theresa Clift, Sacramento Bee, 14 Mar. 2025
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Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 21 Mar. 2025
Silva focused on the plant’s proximity to a local housing development, Brook Hill Village, which town officials identified as one of the only developments utilizing government assistance for affordable family housing in a 2022 planning document.
—John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 20 Mar. 2025
Tim recalls a project in Tennessee where a student housing development had to comply with both Knoxville’s local building code and the state fire marshal’s additional jurisdictional requirements.
—Tyler Shepherd, USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2025
The status of housing developments in our region change rapidly.
—Theresa Clift, Sacramento Bee, 14 Mar. 2025
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“Housing development.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/housing%20development. Accessed 4 Apr. 2025.
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