“Homes” in this context means apartments, not single-family homes.
Further, emphasis mine:
> D.C. apartment buildings exemplify a national trend, as the costs of affordable housing approach and sometimes exceed $1 million per unit in cities that also include San Francisco and Chicago.
Cherry-picking high cost-of-living cities.
How much does it cost per unit to build apartments for the non-poor?
josephcsible · 21h ago
> “Homes” in this context means apartments, not single-family homes.
Doesn't this make it even worse? Isn't the entire value proposition of apartments supposed to be that they'd have a cheaper per-unit cost than single-family homes?
WalterGR · 20h ago
What’s the cost of constructing a single-family home in the same neighborhoods as in the article?
Further, emphasis mine:
> D.C. apartment buildings exemplify a national trend, as the costs of affordable housing approach and sometimes exceed $1 million per unit in cities that also include San Francisco and Chicago.
Cherry-picking high cost-of-living cities.
How much does it cost per unit to build apartments for the non-poor?
Doesn't this make it even worse? Isn't the entire value proposition of apartments supposed to be that they'd have a cheaper per-unit cost than single-family homes?