housing development

noun

: a group of individual dwellings or apartment houses typically of similar design that are usually built and sold or leased by one management

Examples of housing development in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The dispute could present a problem for Raman, who rode DSA support to an upset City Council victory in 2020 but has since frustrated some DSA members with her positions on policing, housing development, and Israel. — Maxwell Adler, Vanity Fair, 19 Oct. 2026

During the meeting, the developer’s representatives discussed state laws limiting local governments’ ability to deny certain housing developments or impose requirements that would make projects financially or legally infeasible. — Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 19 Oct. 2026

The trust was established in 2003 with the intent of saving nearby fields from a housing development. — Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 16 Oct. 2026

The construction of new housing developments has also unearthed human remains buried in areas that were previously outside town, Sutton said. — Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1939, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for housing development

• underdevelopment
• envelopment
• redevelopment