Through the design of low-income housing in Fargo, North Dakota, this thesis will reevaluate the relationship between market forces and architecture, seeking to develop a new system for housing the low-income sector and creating an architecture that is reflective of that system. This new approach will reflect a patient capitalistic sense of development, one which employs market-driven listening tools in an aid sector. Keywords: system, low income, housing, cooperative, modular, patient capitalism, market