Housing in Washington, D.C.

[2][3] The oldest residential house in Washington, D.C., was built in 1754, and originally located in Danvers, Massachusetts.

[7] Further, Black homebuyers routinely overpaid for homes in the city, and integrated neighborhoods were rare.

Langston Terrace Dwellings, an all-Black community with 274 units built from 1935 to 1938, was the nation's second public housing project undertaken in the country.

Hilyard Robinson, a Black architect and Washington native, designed the building.

[9] The homeless population decreased by 5.5% from 2018 to 2019, according to the Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University.

A group of row houses in Washington, D.C.
Rowhouses in D.C.'s Foggy Bottom neighborhood, an example of residential architecture in Washington, D.C.
Brick building
Langston Terrace Dwellings , an all-Black community in Washington, D.C. and the second public housing building in the nation.