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Faith-Based Development Takes More Than A Prayer

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Faith-Based Development Takes More Than A Prayer
May 14, 2025 Season 1 Episode 29
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Religious organizations are some of the biggest landholders in the country and communities are increasingly looking to them to help solve the housing crisis. Some efforts are already underway but churches say they need zoning help to build on their properties. Faith-based development can take many forms. Is it making a difference?

Interview guests: 

Nadia Mian, researcher Rutgers University; Pastor Monique French, Washington Heights United Methodist Church and Community-Battle Creek, Michigan; Father Benjamin Spear-Hardy II, St. Margaret’s Episcopal Church-Trotwood; Wes Young, St. Mary’s Development Corporation 

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