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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

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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

The Brondanw estate community, which boasts views of Snowdon, has been made possible by a radical housing scheme.

From BBC • Feb. 16, 2022

In 2019, the Stirling Prize for architecture went to Goldsmith Street in Norwich, a social housing scheme incorporating Passivhaus principles.

From BBC • Jul. 18, 2021

We have felt all along that there was some catch about Dr. Addison's housing scheme.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, December 8, 1920 by Seaman, Owen, Sir