Archive - Housing in Practice

A Short Summary of the US Housing Crisis and YIMBY Movement

A quick overview for a French audience. Did I miss anything?

Jun 9 •

May 2025

Silver Spring Office Conversion Update

"The Guardian" is nearly complete.

May 5 •

March 2025

How much does it cost to build (subsidized) affordable housing?

A rough guide based on DC-area projects

Mar 5 •

November 2024

Cool Adaptive Reuse Housing Projects from Paris, France

A few recent projects that have caught my eye

Nov 10, 2024 •

July 2024

Subsidized Housing in the US: A Summary

How much exists and how it works

Jul 9, 2024 •

May 2024

Terwilliger Place: Redeveloping an American Legion Post with New Multifamily Housing

In honor of Memorial Day, today’s post summarizes a recent veterans-focused housing project in Arlington, VA.

May 27, 2024 •

February 2024

A New Church to Mixed-Use Development in Arlington

And what it’s taught me about the potential for faith-based redevelopments

Feb 23, 2024 •

January 2024

Virginia Considers a Bill to Allow Affordable Housing on Faith-Based Land

Plus four projects that show what’s possible when we make it legal to build

Jan 23, 2024 •

December 2023

An Office to Residential Conversion (+ Vertical Addition!) in Silver Spring

A smaller, oldish office building gets converted.

Dec 12, 2023 •

July 2023

Queens Court: a Case Study in Growing Affordable Housing

How 39 units of aging housing became 249 committed affordable apartments in Arlington, VA

Jul 9, 2023 •

November 2022

This is Housing in Practice, a newsletter about affordable housing development in the U.S.

Nov 20, 2022 •

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