housing scheme
Britishnoun
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a local-authority housing plan
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the houses built according to such a plan; housing estate
Example Sentences
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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
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 children came from Ainslie Park, a large secondary school on the edge of the East Pilton housing scheme in Edinburgh.
From BBC ● Nov. 20, 2021
It is intended to make full use of the federal housing scheme, in a practical way, the City Council having reversed its former decisions and accepted by by-law the obligation which the government act requires.
From Catastrophe and Social Change Based Upon a Sociological Study of the Halifax Disaster by Samuel Henry Prince
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