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In the middle of America’s housing crisis, a surprising solution is taking root — not in city halls or planning departments, but in church fields, synagogue parking lots, and the overlooked parcels of ...

A rendering of the lobby at Maxwell Downtown Brooklyn, a new residential high-rise being built on Archdiocese of Brooklyn land. Some 40% of the units at Maxwell Downtown Brooklyn are designated ...

As church attendance declines, religious institutions aim to develop more housing on underutilized properties.

St. John’s Lutheran Church in Madison, Wis., is being converted into a 10-story high-rise that will combine a worship space with more than 100 affordable apartments. Lawmakers see the potential for ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — A new project aims to tap into a unique resource to add more housing in Kent County: unused land owned by local churches. ICCF Community Homes on Wednesday launched its ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (RNS) — Newell Presbyterian is part of a growing trend of declining congregations with underutilized space, excess land or deteriorating buildings that are selling or leasing some of ...

Growing up in a religious family, Florida Republican state Sen. Alexis Calatayud has seen how many church communities are no longer anchored to a single building in the way they used to be. Her small ...