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 building will be demolished to make way for an 86-unit affordable housing development, according to board documents.
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Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 30 Jan. 2026
All four were found dead with gunshot wounds inside their two-story house in the Kavala Ranch housing development.
—Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 30 Jan. 2026
The measure would have also exempted households affected by natural disasters, such as the Palisades and Eaton fires, and reduced some of the restrictions on how revenue generated by the tax can be used for affordable housing developments.
—Calmatters, Oc Register, 29 Jan. 2026
School districts around California have pursued housing development for staff, as the state faces a housing shortage.
—Jemma Stephenson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Jan. 2026
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Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 30 Jan. 2026
All four were found dead with gunshot wounds inside their two-story house in the Kavala Ranch housing development.
—Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 30 Jan. 2026
The measure would have also exempted households affected by natural disasters, such as the Palisades and Eaton fires, and reduced some of the restrictions on how revenue generated by the tax can be used for affordable housing developments.
—Calmatters, Oc Register, 29 Jan. 2026
School districts around California have pursued housing development for staff, as the state faces a housing shortage.
—Jemma Stephenson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Jan. 2026
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“Housing development.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/housing%20development. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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