From Northern California-In Northern California, St Paul’s Episcopal Church in Walnut Creek would like to open its affordable housing complex in December or January.
It’s called St Paul’s Commons and will be a mixed-use development with community spaces operated by St Paul’s Episcopal Church. It’s also where the non-profit Trinity Center will have a physical space to serve people who are homeless.
The project will include 45 affordable apartments. The church leased its land to Berkeley-based developer Resources for Community Development, which used a property management company to perform background checks, call references and conduct interviews for apartment applications.
The development is taking over a single-family home where Trinity Center provided services to the homeless. Rev Krista Fregoso said they were already assisting people who were homeless and later thought, “What if we became a part of the solution, too?”
To Fregoso, “This is just one part of how we live out our faith. We hope to be a model for other faith communities who might see their property in a different way.”
More here-
https://www.sightmagazine.com.au/columns/wow/13931-wow-yes-in-god-s-backyard-to-use-church-land-for-affordable-housing
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