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 tax relief helps incentivize affordable housing developments that otherwise may not be feasible.
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Molly Davis, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
Mayor Brandon Scott headlined a slew of city officials Thursday for the grand opening of an affordable housing development in Southwest Baltimore.
—Hannah Gaskill, Baltimore Sun, 19 Dec. 2024
Ensuring that new housing developments in gentrifying neighborhoods are appropriately priced for low- and moderate-income families.
—Naheed Rajwani-Dharsi, Axios, 9 Dec. 2024
The numbers are especially meaningful for the Brooklyn community, where a mass shooting in July 2023 tore through an annual summer block party, leaving two people dead and 28 others injured in the courtyard of an aging public housing development.
—Lea Skene, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Nov. 2024
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Molly Davis, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
Mayor Brandon Scott headlined a slew of city officials Thursday for the grand opening of an affordable housing development in Southwest Baltimore.
—Hannah Gaskill, Baltimore Sun, 19 Dec. 2024
Ensuring that new housing developments in gentrifying neighborhoods are appropriately priced for low- and moderate-income families.
—Naheed Rajwani-Dharsi, Axios, 9 Dec. 2024
The numbers are especially meaningful for the Brooklyn community, where a mass shooting in July 2023 tore through an annual summer block party, leaving two people dead and 28 others injured in the courtyard of an aging public housing development.
—Lea Skene, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Nov. 2024
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“Housing development.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/housing%20development. Accessed 9 Jan. 2025.
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