single-family

[sing-guhl-fam-uh-lee, -fam-lee]

adjective

1. designed or suitable for one family of average size.

   single-family homes.

Example Sentences

Readings below 50 indicate that homebuilders have a dour outlook in the near term for the single-family housing market.

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Readings below 50 indicate that homebuilders have a dour outlook in the near term for the single-family housing market.

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And homeowners’ groups bristle against the idea of developers being able to build multistory apartment buildings in single-family neighborhoods without giving existing residents a say.

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In 1972, L.A.’s planning department estimated the city’s zoning capacity at 9.9 million people; by 2010 it was around 4.3 million due to increased single-family zoning and other changes, according to scholars at the University of California, Los Angeles.

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Researchers at UC Berkeley estimate that 74% of the residential land in L.A. is currently zoned for single-family housing.

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