"According to bill sponsors, faith-based organizations and colleges are often large landowners but face obstacles to building affordable housing due to outdated zoning laws and cumbersome permitting processes. We need every possible tool to expand affordable housing that's why this bill puts trusted community partners at the center of the solution and gives local governments the tools they need to remove unnecessary barriers and build homes people can afford, Barragan, who co-chairs the Congressional Caucus on Homelessness, said in a statement."
"The legislation, if passed, would provide technical assistance to eligible faith-based organizations and public or other nonprofit colleges and universities that wish to develop affordable rental housing on their properties and provide technical support to local governments to share best practices and streamline such development. In addition, it would establish a grant program to reward communities that adopt policies to eliminate barriers to building affordable housing on land owned by religious and higher education institutions."
Two years after a state law allowed churches and independent colleges in California to build affordable housing on their properties, federal legislation would extend that model nationwide. The Yes in God's Backyard Act, co-authored by Rep. Nanette Barragan and Rep. Shontel Brown, would make it easier for qualifying religious and higher-education institutions to develop affordable rental housing. The bill would provide technical assistance to eligible faith-based organizations and nonprofit colleges and give local governments support to share best practices and streamline permitting. The legislation would also create a grant program rewarding communities that eliminate barriers to institutional housing development. Sen. Mark Warner leads the Senate version.
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