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City explores 'Yes In God's Backyard' partnerships with faith communities to unlock sites for affordable housing
Summary
Staff presented two workstreams—Simpara consulting outreach and a Bloomberg‑Harvard fellowship—to evaluate faith properties for affordable housing; Simpara found 27 candidate congregations (13 interested) and estimated roughly 400 acres of potential excess land, recommending city convening, education and a small predevelopment fund.
City housing staff described an exploratory program commonly called 'YES In God's Backyard' (YIGBY) that seeks to partner with faith communities to identify underused religious properties that could support affordable housing development.
Staff said consultants Simpara scored faith properties using LIHTC site criteria and identified 27 congregations with high scores; 13 of those congregations agreed to interviews and many…
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