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Church Properties InitiativeVox
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YIGBY is a spin on the pro-housing Yes in My Backyard movement.
Developers are looking to partner with churches, temples, and synagogues to build new housing.
California 's new law streamlines approval for new projects on land owned by churches.
Experts predict up to one-third of all empty houses of worship in the United States will close in the next few years .
In 2019 , Washington state passed a law incentivizing affordable housing development on property owned or controlled by religious groups.
Some religious institutions want to build housing as a new way to welcome strangers and care for poor people in their midst.
Restrictive zoning codes are barriers in most communities to unleashing the full spectrum of housing on faith-based property.
Faith-based housing could come with certain preferences for its own members, Furth added.
Some faith-based homeless shelters require things like mandatory church attendance.
Advocates are excited about the potential to revitalize congregations and local communities, improve housing access for those who need it, and improve relations between people of faith and secular Americans .
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