housing development

noun
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.
Origin:
1950–55

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housing development

noun
a residential area of similar dwellings built by property developers and usually under a single management; "they live in the new housing development" 
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