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Event materials: How New Housing Affects Affordability. Virtual Screening + Q&A with Justine Underhill

Posted on December 17, 2025January 15, 2026 by Elena Sorokina

This online event focused on the impacts of luxury housing on affordability. We screened “What Luxury Housing Does to Homelessness,” followed by a Q&A with its creator, Falls Church City Councilmember Justine Underhill. Justine is known for her dynamic video series simplifying complex housing concepts with research and engaging graphics. The discussion explored the connections between homelessness, affordability, and new housing, with a regional focus on Northern Virginia, where Justine is an elected official.

Here are a few of the materials we discussed:

Video: What Luxury Housing Does to Homelessness
Check out Justine’s website to see her other videos and get in touch
For further reading: More Flexible Zoning Helps Contain Rising Rents
The Effect of New Market-Rate Housing Construction on the Low-Income Housing Market
Supply Skepticism Revisited

WEBINAR: Maryland Housing Needs & Solutions: Why is housing unaffordable, and what can we do to fix it?

Posted on December 10, 2025January 14, 2026 by Cheryl Cort

At this online event, we discussed two recent reports offering insight into why housing is so unaffordable, what its impact is, and what to do about it with a Maryland all star cast ⭐️:

Kathryn Howell, PhD, Director of the National Center for Smart Growth, University of Maryland College Park & Associate Professor, Urban Studies & Planning Program
Dani DiPietro, Policy Research Director, Office of the Comptroller of Maryland
Natali Fani-González, Council President and District 6 Councilmember, Montgomery County, Maryland
Moderated by Scott Gottbreht, PhD, Assistant Secretary for Policy, Strategy, & Research, Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development

View the reports, presentations and event recording here:

Presentation: Maryland Housing Needs Assessment 2025 Update
Presentation: Housing and the Economy, MD Comptroller
2025 State Housing Needs Assessment, prepared by the National Center for Smart Growth for the Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development
Housing & the Economy Report, the Comptroller of Maryland
View the event recording on CSG’s Youtube channel

Webinar: Maryland housing needs & solutions

Posted on December 4, 2025January 14, 2026 by Elena Sorokina

Join us December 8 for a conversation about two important housing reports—and where we go from here

Beyond Luxury: How New Housing Affects Affordability. Virtual Screening + Q&A with Justine Underhill

Posted on December 3, 2025January 14, 2026 by Elena Sorokina

Join us as we explore this question through a virtual screening of the video, What Luxury Housing Does to Homelessness, followed by a Q&A with creator and Falls Church City Councilmember Justine Underhill.