Better housing
Housing can be cheaper, more sustainable, healthier, and more connected - why is it not? Resources, thoughts, and ideas on how—and why—to do just that.
Better housing
…embarking on imperfect projects to envision far futures is, ultimately, more enlightening than never embarking in the first place.
from Pace Layers, pg. 205
Median rent declined in all size categories: studio: $1,428, down $21 (-1.4%) year over year; 1-bed: $1,590, down $45 (-2.8%) year over year; 2-bed: $1,899, down $45 (-2.3%) year over year.
July 2025 Rental Report: Multifamily Supply Pulls Back Amid Growing Headwinds
1- and 2-beds don’t cost much more than studios, yet are bigger. Cost/ft2 goes down, but so does income/ft2.
What if a complex has mostly (well-planned) studios that have a physical divider (half-wall, etc) for a bedroom for a lil cheaper - will that
allow for more units to be built within the complex?
make up for the “lost” extra income from 1- and 2-beds?
PIH HCV Landlord Resources | HUD.gov / U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
hud.gov
HCV landlord info
The Alexander Company
alexandercompany.com
Specializes in urban infill, historic preservation housing development
Liberty Crest Apartments | Historic Living in Lorton, VA
libertycrestapartments.com
Apartments fashioned from an old reformatory
New Apartments in Gowanus Next to Park Slope | LONGVIEW
longviewbk.com
Nice website and vibe, supposedly has some market-rate and below-market-rate units for a mixed-income building
Critics arrive before customers.
-Shane Parrish
from Brain Food #636
Everyone knows what works. Few do it after it stops being exciting.
-Shane Parrish
from Brain Food #638
It doesn’t matter what position you find yourself in right now. What matters is whether you improve your position today. Every ordinary moment is an opportunity to make the future easier or harder.
-Shane Parrish
my bold; from Brain Food #639