homesteading
an act or instance of establishing a homestead.
Also called homesteading program, urban homesteading. a federal program to improve deteriorating urban areas by offering abandoned or foreclosed houses to persons who agree to repair them and live in them for a specified number of years.
Origin of homesteading
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British Dictionary definitions for homesteading
/ (ˈhəʊmˌstɛdɪŋ) /
a scheme whereby council tenants are enabled to buy derelict property from the council and renovate it with the aid of Government grants
(as modifier): a homesteading scheme
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