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

Blue Valley administrative and school board officials recently formed a housing committee to talk about the possibility of the district driving its own housing development projects and to research its options. — Taylor O'Connor 15, Kansas City Star, 15 July 2026

The athletes’ village consists of 1,200 apartments in a private housing development, Monegro said. — Vera Lucia Pappaterra, Miami Herald, 14 July 2026

Under a community land trust, a nonprofit buys a piece of property for a housing development, with the help of financing like loans and public or private grants. — Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 July 2026

According to a report from the Center for Biological Diversity, the El Segundo blue butterfly lost 90% of its oceanside habitat due to the construction of LAX and beachfront housing developments. — Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1939, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for housing development

• underdevelopment
• envelopment
• redevelopment