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housing development

American  

noun

  1. a group of houses or apartments, usually of the same size and design, often erected on a tract of land by one builder and controlled by one management.

Etymology

Origin of housing development

First recorded in 1950–55

Example Sentences

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If he’s not sure about a townhouse in a dystopian housing development, he too can say no.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 21, 2026

The administration in March 2025 started a task force to open federal lands for housing development, but little progress has been made on that plan.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 8, 2026

The department is involved with water management, housing development and the energy transition.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 30, 2025

She said that as material costs rise, the cost of new housing development will increase, too, which could in turn prompt developers to rethink low-margin affordable housing projects.

From BBC • Oct. 20, 2025

Now that Rose had completed her little version of our housing development, she had moved on to copying some of the other buildings that surrounded it.

From "The Stars Beneath Our Feet" by David Barclay Moore

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