Sunday Service: New York Considers Church Parking Lots for Affordable Housing

The de Blasio Administration is getting creative in looking for sites to develop affordable housing. One potential idea: church parking lots.

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February 21, 2016, 1:00 PM PST

By James Brasuell @CasualBrasuell

"Mayor Bill de Blasio's administration is reaching out to clergy members across the city to see if they want to partner with private developers to convert underused parking lots, buildings and other church properties into affordable housing," reports Gwynne Hogan.

Hogan paraphrases Mayoral spokesman Wiley Norvell in describing more about what the still-speculative program of converting church parking into affordable housing might look like: "The effort might involve wrangling non-profit developers, helping direct funding toward projects, getting involvement from local politicians and helping churches navigate the city's land use process…"

According to the article, 40 churches have already expressed interest.

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