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housing scheme

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noun

  1. a local-authority housing plan

  2. the houses built according to such a plan; housing estate

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The under-fire Sanchez was scheduled to visit a social housing scheme in Barcelona on Monday afternoon.

From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026

Porter is part of the team behind Kindred House, a first-of-its-kind LGBTQ+ social housing scheme for over-55s, set to open in Manchester next year.

From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026

A row over the speed of balls being hit by cricket batsmen could delay a major housing scheme.

From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2024

Rome initially reported that the student housing scheme was on schedule, but Brussels rejected that assertion.

From Reuters ● Jul. 20, 2023

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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