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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But when a bedrock environmental law is used to cause measurable environmental harm — for example, by displacing housing developments to agricultural and open lands — that undermines political support for the law.
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Daniel Yost, Mercury News, 16 June 2025
The city of Lincoln supports an accelerated timeline, citing ongoing housing development nearby, according to previous Bee reporting.
—Sean Campbell, Sacbee.com, 14 June 2025
That has meant both market-rate and workforce housing developments that are subsidized by a complex formula that relies on federal tax credits and low-cost state financing.
—Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 13 June 2025
Programs like the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) offer tax credits to private investors who finance affordable housing development, incentivizing projects that would otherwise be economically unfeasible.
—Seth Gellis, Forbes.com, 5 June 2025
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Daniel Yost, Mercury News, 16 June 2025
The city of Lincoln supports an accelerated timeline, citing ongoing housing development nearby, according to previous Bee reporting.
—Sean Campbell, Sacbee.com, 14 June 2025
That has meant both market-rate and workforce housing developments that are subsidized by a complex formula that relies on federal tax credits and low-cost state financing.
—Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 13 June 2025
Programs like the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) offer tax credits to private investors who finance affordable housing development, incentivizing projects that would otherwise be economically unfeasible.
—Seth Gellis, Forbes.com, 5 June 2025
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“Housing development.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/housing%20development. Accessed 20 Jun. 2025.
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