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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What To Know In a Monday announcement, Newsom said that cities and counties that fail to meet key benchmarks—such as reducing encampments and finalizing housing development plans—risk losing access to hundreds of millions of dollars in future homelessness grants. Matt Robison, Newsweek, 25 Feb. 2025 Some of the measures include stronger enforcement of price gouging for housing during emergencies, streamlined approval of housing development rebuilds after emergencies and increasing penalties for first responder impersonators and looters. Kate Wolffe, Sacramento Bee, 14 Feb. 2025 The other housing development projected for the site will include an additional 10% of affordable units. Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 5 Feb. 2025 What's next: City officials are working on ensuring that any new housing development on the site includes a full-service grocery store. Nadia Lopez, Axios, 4 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 3 Mar. 2025.

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