Tell Congress to Support "The Yes In God’s Back Yard Act"

From the UMC General Board of Church and Society:

Faith-based organizations and institutions of higher education are forming new partnerships to develop affordable rental housing on the land they already own.

However, they face barriers like zoning and other policies to develop affordable housing.

Senator Sherrod Brown, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs has introduced the Yes In God’s Back Yard Act (S. 3910), which supports faith-based organizations and colleges building and preserving affordable housing on their land and reduces barriers to the development of this housing.

In addition to The United States’ shortage of 7.3 million affordable rental homes, access to affordable rental housing is drastically declining (National Low Income Housing Coalition).

Click the link to contact your senators now and advocate for the passage of the Yes In God’s Back Yard Act.