Putting the ‘lord’ in ‘landlord’: US churches step up to build housing amid shortage

The ‘Yes in God’s Back Yard’ movement sees churches across the country develop their underutilized land into affordable housing A parcel of land behind Little Rock AME Zion church in Charlotte, North Carolina, remained mostly empty for nearly a decade before the congregation approached the city with a proposal. The land sat unused while housing prices climbed and locals were being pushed out of their neighborhoods. So, the church proposed in 2018, why not develop housing there? Continue read...

By Gaya Gupta