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housing scheme

British  

noun

  1. a local-authority housing plan

  2. the houses built according to such a plan; housing estate

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Sam says he has now given up on trying to rent through any affordable housing scheme - and also his dream of becoming a homeowner.

From BBC Jul. 31, 2023

Rome initially reported that the student housing scheme was on schedule, but Brussels rejected that assertion.

From Reuters Jul. 20, 2023

If you’re rich — say, rich enough to risk half a million dollars in an artist’s stateless housing scheme — that’s pretty much already your reality.

From New York Times Nov. 10, 2022

Help to Own is not a social housing scheme, but is available to anyone struggling to get on the property ladder, subject to credit checks.

From BBC Oct. 16, 2021

No one, perhaps, but a sociologist can see whether General Booth's housing scheme is right.

From Heretics by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)

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