Churches and other nonprofits will be able to rezone their land quickly for purposes of building more affordable housing under a California law approved last year.
Churches and other nonprofits will be able to rezone their land quickly to build more affordable housing under a new California law.The homeless crisis has sparked a movement among religious institutions, dubbed "yes in God's backyard," or "YIGBY," to convert their surplus land and underutilized parking lots into affordable housing .
"We're called to also help them... to help those less fortunate," said Rev. R. Barrett Van Buren, rector at the Episcopal Church of The Blessed Sacrament, in Placentia. "It could accelerate the production of thousands of units throughout the state of California and is one solution to our housing crisis," said Alexa Washburn, senior vice president of planning for National CORE.in Placentia. Construction of the apartments took about 18 months, but almost six years of planning before ground was ever broken.
"Now, we've got people totally excited about it because they see the whole project in a whole different light," Van Buren said.wants to use 25% of church property across six counties for affordable housing.
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