Good to take in friend and propose housing area (9)
I believe the answer is:
palatable
'good to take in' is the definition.
(palatable means pleasant to consume)
'friend and propose housing area' is the wordplay.
'friend' becomes 'pal' (pal is a kind of friend).
'and' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'propose' becomes 'table' (I've seen this before).
'housing' indicates putting letters inside.
'area' becomes 'a' (maths abbreviation).
'pal'+'table'='paltable'
'paltable' going around 'a' is 'PALATABLE'.
(Other definitions for palatable that I've seen before include "pleasing" , "Tasty" , "Of food, tasting nice; of idea, acceptable" , "good to eat" , "Pleasant to the taste, acceptable" .)