Faith-Based Housing Will Help Our Communities Thrive - City Limits

Faith-Based Housing Will Help Our Communities Thrive - City Limits

This church buildings belonging to St. Luke’s Episcopal in the Bronx is being demolished to make way for affordable homes and community space. (Courtesy of LISC NY) The high cost of land and limited subsidies have combined to drive the housing crisis that’s raising prices and depleting our communities. By enabling religious organizations to readily develop their underused property, we could eliminate the high cost of land as a barrier and better…