At first glance, it’s an odd pairing for this $9 million development in Adams Morgan. But positioning a nonprofit focused on affordable housing in the same complex as million-dollar condos has been a success, said officials involved with the project in the Adams Alley building.

“We were quite concerned about the mesh of cultures, of our clients and the people that live in the building,”said Marian Siegel, executive director for the D.C.-based nonprofit Housing Counseling Services, “but we’ve had no problems. We can’t stop all luxury developments, but we want our clients to benefit from this real estate boom.”