Can Churches End the Housing Crisis (YIGBY)
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Date: 2026-01-23
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Aima952
They should just fix the zoning issues! Though I do think it won't be long until a Satanic Temple group opens a downtown florida apartment block, with an abortion clinic and community meeting space in the basement. I can even see some creative developers going to the trouble of creating their own religions (some Le Vayan off shoot would work well) just to get round environmental planning rules. My inner chaos gremlin is loving this as much as my common sense hates it.
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They should just fix the zoning issues! Though I do think it won't be long until a Satanic Temple group opens a downtown florida apartment block, with an abortion clinic and community meeting space in the basement. I can even see some creative developers going to the trouble of creating their own religions (some Le Vayan off shoot would work well) just to get round environmental planning rules. My inner chaos gremlin is loving this as much as my common sense hates it.
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harveyschwartz6789
People in better neighborhoods generally worked hard and sacrificed quite a bit even if it was only years of deferred income while attending colleges plus what that cost and they generally would not want poor people in their midst, especially considering the maybe tens of thousands of dollars just in property taxes plus all of the others. What is fair is leaving these people alone.
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People in better neighborhoods generally worked hard and sacrificed quite a bit even if it was only years of deferred income while attending colleges plus what that cost and they generally would not want poor people in their midst, especially considering the maybe tens of thousands of dollars just in property taxes plus all of the others. What is fair is leaving these people alone.
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Khyranleander
About the only issue I have with it is how much the religion gets tied into one's qualifications. Do applicants need to be of the same faith, or go through some form of participation in that faith's activities I can see the argument for both of those, but it does make affordable include potentially compelled faith acts for non-believers -- a major rub for many people!
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About the only issue I have with it is how much the religion gets tied into one's qualifications. Do applicants need to be of the same faith, or go through some form of participation in that faith's activities I can see the argument for both of those, but it does make affordable include potentially compelled faith acts for non-believers -- a major rub for many people!
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city_beautiful
I'd be a little worried about restrictions some religious organizations might put on that housing.
There are some wonderful progressive religious groups who might do this to help with housing, but there are also some pretty aggressively capitalistic religious groups out there who like rules an awful lot. I'd hate to see someone like Joel Osteen's take on this.
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I'd be a little worried about restrictions some religious organizations might put on that housing.
There are some wonderful progressive religious groups who might do this to help with housing, but there are also some pretty aggressively capitalistic religious groups out there who like rules an awful lot. I'd hate to see someone like Joel Osteen's take on this.
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theorangebuilding
The Dawes amendment is a source od some amazing and polarizing opportunities for development in Mass. It essentially restricts zoning regulations on religious and learning institutions. Also I work for an organization that helps sacred places plan their futures. Its always an interesting conversation when somebody brings up what YIGBY development can be done.
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The Dawes amendment is a source od some amazing and polarizing opportunities for development in Mass. It essentially restricts zoning regulations on religious and learning institutions. Also I work for an organization that helps sacred places plan their futures. Its always an interesting conversation when somebody brings up what YIGBY development can be done.
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danielleweber8914
I have thought that some owner-owned condo complexes could decide to redevelop themselves and build higher - the owners could get the best condos and they could sell the rest of the new condos for profit. If a condo complex has a big bill for repairs, they could just redevelop themselves and go higher - use the new housing to pay for the repairs and more.
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I have thought that some owner-owned condo complexes could decide to redevelop themselves and build higher - the owners could get the best condos and they could sell the rest of the new condos for profit. If a condo complex has a big bill for repairs, they could just redevelop themselves and go higher - use the new housing to pay for the repairs and more.
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jdsfrisco
I own a modest 1951 era duplex on Madison's East Side. This is what used to be plain vanilla market rate affordable housing, but is currently impossible to build for a long list of reasons. What do you know about the redevelopment process of the nearby long defunct Oscar Mayer factory site That must be six city blocks of vacant land.
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I own a modest 1951 era duplex on Madison's East Side. This is what used to be plain vanilla market rate affordable housing, but is currently impossible to build for a long list of reasons. What do you know about the redevelopment process of the nearby long defunct Oscar Mayer factory site That must be six city blocks of vacant land.
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sketchbook10
This is an unrelated question but can you make a video giving some blueprint for bringing some of these ideas to our local governments. With Trump's supposed worlds fair type event for the US's 250th city planning creators should look into it to possible bring these ideas to a new audience.
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This is an unrelated question but can you make a video giving some blueprint for bringing some of these ideas to our local governments. With Trump's supposed worlds fair type event for the US's 250th city planning creators should look into it to possible bring these ideas to a new audience.
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nosesqueak
I live in Madison and it's very beautiful and very expensive. Lots of new residents are high earning tech types and many long time residents are service based and getting priced out. I'm a mechanic and I don't know anyone who lives in any of the many new developments
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I live in Madison and it's very beautiful and very expensive. Lots of new residents are high earning tech types and many long time residents are service based and getting priced out. I'm a mechanic and I don't know anyone who lives in any of the many new developments
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city_beautiful
Am I really the first person to make this joke Well okay then.
Of course Madison, Wisconsin has a housing crisis right now, they were attacked by the Simurgh in 2009! Sealing a city off after such an attack would _obviously_ cause a housing shortage.
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Am I really the first person to make this joke Well okay then.
Of course Madison, Wisconsin has a housing crisis right now, they were attacked by the Simurgh in 2009! Sealing a city off after such an attack would _obviously_ cause a housing shortage.
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awibs57
If anyone wants to call themselves Christians and they're not doing this, they can leave the conversation. Like literally every one of these faiths who consider it morally wrong to use their resources to help the needy has missed the whole point and can GTFO
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If anyone wants to call themselves Christians and they're not doing this, they can leave the conversation. Like literally every one of these faiths who consider it morally wrong to use their resources to help the needy has missed the whole point and can GTFO
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woodalexander
I think YIBGY laws should be passed as long as they make sense like California's. I'd also like to see requirements for all new MDUs to be more energy efficient, all-electric, and provide competitive Internet access options not just a cable monopoly.
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I think YIBGY laws should be passed as long as they make sense like California's. I'd also like to see requirements for all new MDUs to be more energy efficient, all-electric, and provide competitive Internet access options not just a cable monopoly.
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city_beautiful
Is there no way to preserve the coating structure whilst building around, above and below it America has NO sense of history and will tear down literally ANYTHING, including parts of the white house. Change the zoning laws and keep that building!
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Is there no way to preserve the coating structure whilst building around, above and below it America has NO sense of history and will tear down literally ANYTHING, including parts of the white house. Change the zoning laws and keep that building!
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Yo-Me
I have a fear that the YIGBY movement can potentially be co-opted by cults or cult-like organizations that want to isolate members of their community and control more aspects of their life. Seems kind of easy when your landlord is also your evangelist.
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I have a fear that the YIGBY movement can potentially be co-opted by cults or cult-like organizations that want to isolate members of their community and control more aspects of their life. Seems kind of easy when your landlord is also your evangelist.
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DarrenBarnhart
Awesome that's a great way to use up space instead of having classrooms and office taking up three floors the chruch can use up two floors with the chruch taking up frist two floors along with a spereat enterces for the chruch and apartments.
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Awesome that's a great way to use up space instead of having classrooms and office taking up three floors the chruch can use up two floors with the chruch taking up frist two floors along with a spereat enterces for the chruch and apartments.
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daprovocateur
It’s really sad that cities like Berkeley and my town of Santa Cruz that are bastions of progressivism and community have been so unfriendly to new housing which harms the community and impedes progressive movements.
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It’s really sad that cities like Berkeley and my town of Santa Cruz that are bastions of progressivism and community have been so unfriendly to new housing which harms the community and impedes progressive movements.
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ammazer1229
I mean on one hand affordable housing is amazing on the other hand do we really have to tear down these beautiful gorgeous buildings that are cornerstones for many communities, is there really no other better way
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I mean on one hand affordable housing is amazing on the other hand do we really have to tear down these beautiful gorgeous buildings that are cornerstones for many communities, is there really no other better way
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Simon-tc1mc
This ain't it. We aren't so desperately in need for space that we need to bulldoze historic buildings. I don't think it's worth it to destroy a cultural center to build a 4 story cheap apartment building.
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This ain't it. We aren't so desperately in need for space that we need to bulldoze historic buildings. I don't think it's worth it to destroy a cultural center to build a 4 story cheap apartment building.
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Nawafalq1
Can you talk about urbanism in hot cities, does it work And how cities like riyadh which peaks 40-45 Celsius and jeddah, dubai which have both hot and humid weather can make a walkable cities
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Can you talk about urbanism in hot cities, does it work And how cities like riyadh which peaks 40-45 Celsius and jeddah, dubai which have both hot and humid weather can make a walkable cities
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SirPolitico
There are people that wear their Christianity like a fashion label and then there are Christians that are truly Christ-like. This here is an example of the latter. Beautiful.
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There are people that wear their Christianity like a fashion label and then there are Christians that are truly Christ-like. This here is an example of the latter. Beautiful.
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