An affordable housing project built above a church sanctuary in Arlington County is nearing completion. The project has been contentious from the start, with residents of nearby neighborhoods objecting for six years to its placement atop a Baptist Church.

The latest attempt to halt the project was stymied on Monday, when Judge Claude M. Hilton said Peter Glassman failed to prove that the county, by partnering with the Church, is advancing religion or enriching the church.

Glassman, who lives a block from the church, plans to appeal the ruling to the Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit. "We are confident that once the dealings between the county and the church see the light of day, the entanglement and preference will be apparent, he said.

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