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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President Jim Davis declined to comment on the housing development or about UT’s push to improve housing opportunities for students.
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Lily Kepner, Austin American Statesman, 13 Mar. 2026
Consider two recent housing developments in West Los Angeles.
—M. Nolan Gray, The Atlantic, 13 Mar. 2026
Over the first nine weeks of this year, 318 public housing developments saw 558 such issues, from no heat to no power.
—Howard Husock, New York Daily News, 13 Mar. 2026
The bill would give local governments more power on housing issues, allow banks to invest more in affordable housing and lift limits on the number of units in a public housing development that can receive private financing through Section 8 funding that helps rehabilitate properties.
—ABC News, 12 Mar. 2026
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Lily Kepner, Austin American Statesman, 13 Mar. 2026
Consider two recent housing developments in West Los Angeles.
—M. Nolan Gray, The Atlantic, 13 Mar. 2026
Over the first nine weeks of this year, 318 public housing developments saw 558 such issues, from no heat to no power.
—Howard Husock, New York Daily News, 13 Mar. 2026
The bill would give local governments more power on housing issues, allow banks to invest more in affordable housing and lift limits on the number of units in a public housing development that can receive private financing through Section 8 funding that helps rehabilitate properties.
—ABC News, 12 Mar. 2026
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“Housing development.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/housing%20development. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.
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