NYU Furman Center Policy Breakfast - Using Faith-Based Land to Expand Housing Supply: Can Religious Institutions Help Solve the Housing Shortage?

Please join the NYU Furman Center on Monday, April 21st for an in-person policy breakfast:

Using Faith-Based Land to Expand Housing Supply: 
Can Religious Institutions Help Solve the Housing Shortage?

Date: Monday, April 21, 2025
Time: 8:45 - 10:00 AM ET

NYU School of Law - Vanderbilt Hall
40 Washington Square South
New York, NY 10012

Light refreshments will be served. This event will be livestreamed.

Please register by clicking this link.

Please join the NYU Furman Center on the morning of April 21st for a panel discussion on the scale of the opportunity to build affordable housing on land owned by Faith-Based Organizations (FBOs) in New York State and around the country.

As New York State considers the “Faith-Based Affordable Housing Act,” a proposal to require local governments to allow more multifamily housing on FBO-owned land, a panel of legal experts and practitioners will dissect the potential opportunities and challenges associated with leveraging such properties for housing development in New York. They’ll also explore the lessons learned from the adoption of similar policies in other jurisdictions that can help New York’s policymakers closely consider this potential strategy.  
 

Our Panel 

Andrew Gounardes, Senator, New York State 
Annemarie Gray, Executive Director, Open New York 
Paul Peart, Bishop, New Testament Temple Church of God
Frampton Tolbert, Executive Director, Historic Districts Council
Valerie White, Senior Executive Director, LISC NY

Our Moderator

Nestor M. Davidson, Albert A. Walsh Professor of Real Estate, Land Use and Property Law, Fordham Law School

This event is open to members of the NYU community. Please register using this RSVP link.