Local church trying to help with housing crisis, building units on its unused property
BOISE, Idaho — A local church is trying to help with the affordable housing crisis here in Boise - building units on its unused property.
“The number of families experiencing homelessness has dramatically increased, as rent increases and as availability is almost non-existent,” Joe Bankard, lead pastor at the Collister United Methodist Church, said.
That’s why he and his congregation decided to make use of their church’s unused land, partnering with LEAP Housing to build homes for some of the community’s most vulnerable people.
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