multifamily

[muhl-tee-fam-uh-lee, -fam-lee, muhl-tahy-]

adjective

1. designed or suitable for the use of several or many families.

   multifamily apartment buildings.

Word History and Origins

Origin of multifamily¹

multi- + family

Example Sentences

Most developer plans so far appear to be single-family homes, but some bigger, multifamily buildings have been pitched.

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The L.A. metropolitan area is on pace to permit the fewest multifamily housing structures since 2011, according to Census Bureau data.

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The number of multifamily building permits issued in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metropolitan area in July fell 68% to 556 compared to the same month in 2020, HomeAbroad said.

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About 75% were single-family homes, 23% were mobile homes and fewer than 2% were apartment, condominium or other multifamily buildings.

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Because of data limitations, a multifamily building was counted as one residential structure no matter how many units it had.

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