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Connecticuts House Bill 5396, dubbed YIGBY, aims to tackle the housing crisis by expediting affordable housing projects on religious land. Churches like Granby Congregational and Westminster Presbyterian seek to build homes on their extra land, addressing the states five percent affordable housing stock. The bill, which passed the Planning and Development Committee, could turn church fields into real homes, bridging faith missions with Connecticuts housing shortage before homelessness escalates.
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