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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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The under-fire Sanchez was scheduled to visit a social housing scheme in Barcelona on Monday afternoon.

From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026

A councillor breached Leicester City Council's code of conduct by being rude and aggressive to officers during a briefing on a housing scheme, a standards committee has ruled.

From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2025

One of the areas hoping to benefit from any levy is Edinburgh's only city centre housing scheme, Dumbiedykes.

From BBC ● Jan. 24, 2025

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

From Reuters ● Jul. 20, 2023

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

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

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