Ten Affordable Housing Developments

By Ron Nyren

A 2024 Morning Consult survey commissioned by the J. Ronald Terwilliger Center for Housing Policy found that a substantial majority of respondents across the political spectrum see lack of affordable housing in the United States as a significant problem—and they support federal action to address it. To do so will require every tool in the box, including creative land acquisition and financing, adaptive use, public/private partnerships, and innovative construction methods. At the same time, affordable housing can incorporate meaningful sustainability strategies—even achieving stringent Passive House standards—and contribute to its communities through programming and design.

The following 10 projects showcase a wide range of solutions to tackle the housing affordability crisis. They comprise adaptive uses of a mill, a hotel, an industrial building, and a furniture store; a six-story, 85-unit residential building that doesn’t need corridors; low-income senior housing; and modular and Passive House–certified structures.

Read more about TAT’s Stone Mill Lofts and the other projects tackling affordability in Urban Land’s Spring 2025 edition.