Church Land Sheltering Our Most Vulnerable

Mission: YIGBY, or “Yes in God’s Backyard”, is a movement pioneering a new path forward to help houses of worship become part of the solution to San Diego’s housing crisis.

Problem: A lack of affordable housing sites available in many California communities.

Solution: Build affordable housing on church-owned land in partnership with developers and off-site manufacturers to help build affordable housing in a collaborative, transparent, efficient manner.

Status

Launched

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Milestones:

• Late 2019–San Diego Council OKs ‘YIGBY’ Reforms For Housing On Church Parking Lots
• 2020–Completing designs and pre-development work, raising philanthropic funds.

Press:

• Article by KPBS
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Planned Outcome

• Complete first pilot project in 2021
• Help build 3,000 new units of affordable housing on Church-owned land by 2025

Innovation Themes

• Church-Owned Housing
• Ground Leasing

Supporting Cast

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Partnering Organizations

Production Team