housing start

noun

1. an instance of beginning the construction of a dwelling.

2. housing starts, the nationwide number of such instances per period used especially in the U.S. as an indication of economic growth or decline.

   Housing starts were up 600,000 in April.

Example Sentences

September’s housing starts and permits data were expected last Friday, but weren’t published as government services remain scaled back during a lapse of funding.

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He also raised the possibility that more money would be forthcoming, pointing out that last year's initial budget only contained enough for 400 housing starts.

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Meanwhile, the Conservatives, led by Pierre Poilievre, vowed to tie federal funding to housing starts by rewarding cities that build more homes and penalising those that block construction - a carrot-and-stick approach.

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We know that housing starts in the last financial year were less than 135,000.

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That would represent a pullback from November, when housing starts surged by nearly 15% from October to the highest level in six months.

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