housing development

noun

1. a group of houses or apartments, usually of the same size and design, often erected on a tract of land by one builder and controlled by one management.

Word History and Origins

Origin of housing development¹

First recorded in 1950–55

Example Sentences

He stopped at one point to ask someone directions to a particular housing development.

From The Daily Beast

Somehow power in my housing development was restored about an hour after I came home.

From The Daily Beast

The first rape occurred in May of 1991 in a new housing development in North Potomac.

From The Daily Beast

Then, he attacked a mother of two who lived near a new housing development.

From The Daily Beast

A model housing development of 346 houses in the new north end has followed the disaster.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• subdivision
• tract