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
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The district plans to put the housing development on an undeveloped site alongside Hillsdale Avenue next to Highway 87 in San Jose.
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George Avalos, Mercury News, 24 Nov. 2025
Three-and-a-half years after it was first proposed, a 40-unit housing development is close to completion on Broadway in Boise.
—Mark Dee, Idaho Statesman, 15 Nov. 2025
Opportunity not only for MOSA’s residents, but for the project’s Jarrett and Johnson, the first Black developers to helm an affordable housing development in Elk Grove, and for other developers of color across California, Cohen said.
—Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 14 Nov. 2025
In Washington, the governor signed a bill this year allowing taller housing developments in mixed-use commercial zones near transit.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 14 Nov. 2025
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George Avalos, Mercury News, 24 Nov. 2025
Three-and-a-half years after it was first proposed, a 40-unit housing development is close to completion on Broadway in Boise.
—Mark Dee, Idaho Statesman, 15 Nov. 2025
Opportunity not only for MOSA’s residents, but for the project’s Jarrett and Johnson, the first Black developers to helm an affordable housing development in Elk Grove, and for other developers of color across California, Cohen said.
—Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 14 Nov. 2025
In Washington, the governor signed a bill this year allowing taller housing developments in mixed-use commercial zones near transit.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 14 Nov. 2025
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“Housing development.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/housing%20development. Accessed 2 Dec. 2025.
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