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 Fay’s parking problems provide an early test of a 2022 statewide law that erased parking requirements on housing developments within a half mile of a major public transit stop.
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Julia Prodis Sulek, Mercury News, 4 June 2026
In late May, Engberg Anderson Architects applied for a flurry of construction permits with the city of Fort Worth for the $63 million, six-acre affordable housing development in Fort Worth’s Historic Southside neighborhood.
—Emily Holshouser, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 June 2026
While local elections are considered nonpartisan, Skoog ran for mayor again in 2025 with the support of the Johnson County Democrats and took a strong stance to support attainable housing development.
—Taylor O'Connor, Kansas City Star, 1 June 2026
The legislation exempted a broad array of housing development and infrastructure from environmental review in an effort to streamline construction and help address housing scarcity in California.
—Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2026
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Julia Prodis Sulek, Mercury News, 4 June 2026
In late May, Engberg Anderson Architects applied for a flurry of construction permits with the city of Fort Worth for the $63 million, six-acre affordable housing development in Fort Worth’s Historic Southside neighborhood.
—Emily Holshouser, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 June 2026
While local elections are considered nonpartisan, Skoog ran for mayor again in 2025 with the support of the Johnson County Democrats and took a strong stance to support attainable housing development.
—Taylor O'Connor, Kansas City Star, 1 June 2026
The legislation exempted a broad array of housing development and infrastructure from environmental review in an effort to streamline construction and help address housing scarcity in California.
—Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2026
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“Housing development.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/housing%20development. Accessed 9 Jun. 2026.
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