housing start vs beginning

housing start and beginning both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
housing start	Yes	No	No	No
beginning	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, beginning is a hypernym of housing start; that is, beginning is a word with a broader meaning than housing start:

Other hypernyms of housing start include commencement, start.

housing start (noun)	beginning (noun)
the act of starting to construct a house	the act of starting something
	the first part or section of something
	the event consisting of the start of something
	the place where something begins, where it springs into being
	the time at which something is supposed to begin

housing start (adjective)	beginning (adjective)
	serving to begin