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 […]
“Land rich and cash poor”: In Southern California, Black churches are using their land to build housing for homeless people
As Southern California’s housing crisis continues to fuel homelessness across the region, a number of churches, particularly Black congregations, are stepping up to build affordable housing on their church land. ALEJANDRA MOLINO, of Religion News Service, reports…