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

Examples of housing development in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Ito has teamed up with former City Manager Jack McGrory, head of the real estate investment company La Jolla MJ Management, on a handful of housing developments in and around the Encanto area in southeastern San Diego where Ito grew up. Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 May 2024 Milwaukee County could steer $2.5 million of federal money toward a first-of-its-kind affordable housing development in the City of Franklin for residents with disabilities. Vanessa Swales, Journal Sentinel, 8 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for housing development 

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Word History

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 12 May. 2024.

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