Sen. Scott Wiener introduced legislation that would streamline housing built on properties owned by churches and other religious institutions.
Seeking to ease the housing crisis by building homes in “God’s backyard,” a new bill would allow California churches, synagogues, mosques and other religious institutions to build affordable housing on their properties — even if the land isn’t zoned for residential use.
As the housing shortage continues to price people out of the overpriced market, Bay Area places of worship havein converting unused property — such as parking lots they don’t need — into homes. Churches such as St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Walnut Creek have built low-income apartments on their land. Others, such as First Presbyterian Church of Hayward, have createdfor homeless residents. Supporters have dubbed the movement “YIGBY,” or “yes in God’s backyard.
“Third time’s the charm,” Wiener said Tuesday at El Bethel Arms, a San Francisco affordable housing complex for seniors owned by El Bethel Missionary Baptist Church, “and we’re going to get this legislation passed into law to expand affordable housing here in the state of California.”
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