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Affordable housing: YIGBY (“Yes in God’s Backyard”) movement seeks to counter NIMBY movement

Affordable housing: YIGBY (“Yes in God’s Backyard”) movement seeks to counter NIMBY movement

by Rick Reinhard | Apr 3, 2024

As houses of worship close across America, pairing this surplus of faith properties with the national deficit of affordable housing appears to be a match made in heaven. What are the challenges and the opportunities?

What cities and churches can learn from an urbanist’s vision

What cities and churches can learn from an urbanist’s vision

by Rick Reinhard | Jul 12, 2023

House of worship are experiencing a great emptying, becoming disconnected from their communities as congregations shrink. Jane Jacobs had some ideas that could help churches and their cities thrive.

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