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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But, throughout the decades, housing developments crept toward wildlands, the climate warmed, and fires increasingly escalated into unstoppable urban conflagrations.
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Ingfei Chen, New Yorker, 22 Oct. 2025
The Fort Worth City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved waiving fees for an affordable housing development in South Fort Worth, even as residents spoke against it.
—Kamal Morgan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Oct. 2025
Under the law, housing developments that deed-restrict a percentage of residential units for very low-, low- or middle-income families are eligible for both density bonuses and waivers to bypass local regulations like height restrictions.
—Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Oct. 2025
The Los Gatos Town Council in March unanimously approved a Summerhill proposal for a 155-unit housing development on the property at 50 Los Gatos-Saratoga Rd.
—George Avalos, Mercury News, 18 Oct. 2025
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Ingfei Chen, New Yorker, 22 Oct. 2025
The Fort Worth City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved waiving fees for an affordable housing development in South Fort Worth, even as residents spoke against it.
—Kamal Morgan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Oct. 2025
Under the law, housing developments that deed-restrict a percentage of residential units for very low-, low- or middle-income families are eligible for both density bonuses and waivers to bypass local regulations like height restrictions.
—Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Oct. 2025
The Los Gatos Town Council in March unanimously approved a Summerhill proposal for a 155-unit housing development on the property at 50 Los Gatos-Saratoga Rd.
—George Avalos, Mercury News, 18 Oct. 2025
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“Housing development.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/housing%20development. Accessed 25 Oct. 2025.
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