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“The properties are in transition because our communities are constantly changing,” Anderson said. “It does create this opportunity to re-evaluate what can be done with that land.”California housing policy experts said it’s encouraging to see the Catholic church taking action to fulfill the promise of the state’s new ““This is a big deal.
“Building housing is one of the most complicated things you could do,” Alameldin said. “A lot of religious organizations were sort of left in limbo. Like, OK, this is legal. What's the next step?”So far, Queen of Angels Housing has only announced details for its maiden project. Called the Willow Brook development, it aims to erect a 74-unit apartment building just north of the L.A. City College campus in East Hollywood.
The Willow Brook site is currently home to the St. Mary’s Center, a Catholic Charities location that provides education to unaccompanied minors. The classes are set to continue for the next school year, but will later move to another location in order to make way for the housing project.
Homeowners are already fighting proposals to let churches build on property acquired in the future. Maria Pavlou Kalban with the Sherman Oaks Homeowners Association wrote into the L.A. City Council, “We oppose these organizations being allowed to build multi-family housing on land they acquired after January 1, 2024 in single-family neighborhoods.”
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