Movement to build affordable housing on church land reaches Florida
RNS As Miami-Dade County in Florida grapples with a housing affordability crisis, houses of worship are being recruited to build affordable homes on vacant or underutilised church land. The national non-profit Enterprise Community Partners last Thursday announced $US1.3 million in grant funding from the Wells Fargo Foundation that would go toward helping 15 South Florida […]
US houses of faith are building affordable housing on their properties
RNS Houses of worship own thousands of acres across the US, and now through millions of dollars in new grants, congregations in Atlanta, New York, Baltimore, Miami and Seattle will be building affordable housing on their properties. The national non-profit Enterprise Community Partners on Wednesday announced $US8.5 million in grants from the Wells Fargo Foundation […]