The short video documentaries in this collection were produced by students in the 2020 fall seminar, “Building Block Street,” at the School of Architecture, Syracuse University. Instead of the usual work associated with architecture seminars (drawn projects or research papers) the goal of “Housing Shorts” is to tell a story using images and sound as if by an opinion columnist. The history is accurate and the voice of the researcher/producer/editor may be clearly heard. These are histories with a point of view.