A bill in the California Senate would allow religious groups to build affordable housing on their land 'by right.' ABC 10News Anchor Jared Aarons shows how this may ease the state's homeless crisis.
SAN DIEGO - A bill in the California Senate hopes to make it easier for religious groups and other nonprofits to build affordable housing.
"It would easily save many months, if not a few years off of the development timeline, which is a lot of money when it comes to figuring out how to piece together the total amount needed to build affordable housing," Ward added. "There are 1,100 churches in San Diego County with over 3,000 acres of property," YIGBY advocate Tom Theisen told ABC 10News in 2019."If just 10% of those churches, 100 churches, were to do 20-30 units each, we're talking thousands of units of housing."
Bethel AME in Logan Heights could be the first to build a YIGBY complex in San Diego. They have plans to tear down a two-unit duplex and build a 26-unit complex in its place. The new development would be 100% affordable and apartments would be reserved exclusively for veterans and seniors.
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