housing estate

American  

noun

British.

1. housing development.

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housing estate British  

noun

1. a planned area of housing, often with its own shops and other amenities

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Etymology

Origin of housing estate

First recorded in 1915–20

Example Sentences

Survivors who escaped the massive blaze that killed 168 people at a Hong Kong housing estate last year told a public hearing Tuesday they still blame themselves for failing to save their neighbours.

From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026

Chan also earmarked US$510 million for long-term housing arrangements for people displaced in a deadly housing estate fire last year.

From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026

Some have lived in the subsidised housing estate since it was built.

From BBC • Nov. 27, 2025

Flesh tells the story of an alluring, enigmatic and emotionally detached man who is swept through different phases of his life, from a Hungarian housing estate to the world of the ultra-rich in London.

From BBC • Nov. 10, 2025

The sound of a housing estate in the morning is audible a long way off.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams