Living space doesn’t need to be created nearly as much as it needs to be released. When you line it up: churches with declining attendance downtown corporate towers built for 5-day commutes that no longer exist bank branches designed for a world of paper, lines, and tellers …that’s an enormous amount of high-quality, already-built shelter just waiting for a new story. Those buildings already have: infrastructure utilities locations people actually want structural longevity What’s disappearing isn’t usefulness—it’s centralized purpose.