‘A win-win’: Using local church buildings to address the affordable-housing crisis | Apartment Loan Depot Since 2005 – Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Multifamily Loans Nationwide

(RECAP: Today, the church-to-affordable-housing pathway is well established in the DMV. Most houses of worship follow the same script, selling their land outright to a nonprofit developer or signing on to a ground lease, which allows the developer to build and operate the affordable-housing units while the church retains ownership of the land. Nina Janopaul, president of APAH, has developed a seven-step program to guide churches through the construction of affordable units.)