Pastor David K. Brawley of St. Paul Community Baptist Church is actively confronting the affordable housing crisis in Brooklyn, where rising costs are displacing Black families from their long-time homes. He describes the emotional impact on his congregation as an ‘unspoken grief’ when members leave due to unaffordable living conditions. Despite limited resources, Brawley and other faith leaders are striving to assist residents in staying in their neighborhoods, collaborating with initiatives like the New York Land Opportunity Program (NYLOP) to develop affordable housing and proposing public housing parking lots as sites for new units for seniors.
There's a part of your soul that gets affected when long-time residents are priced out of communities they helped build and have influence over.
It’s hard to lead my flock if people are leaving in noticeable numbers; it's an unspoken grief each time one of my congregants announces their departure.
Organizations across the Big Apple are teaming up with initiatives like the New York Land Opportunity Program (NYLOP) to leverage their properties for housing.
St. Paul is recommending public housing parking lots throughout the city as the perfect location to host 15,000 units for seniors.
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