Patrick E. Reidy, C.S.C.

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Churching NIMBYs: Creating Affordable Housing on Church Property

Faith communities across the United States are creating affordable housing on church property. Where sincerely held religious belief inspires their efforts, faith communities can assert religious liberty protections against land-use decisions that obstruct denser, multifamily developments. Legislative reforms can help them overcome the regulatory and financial hurdles of adaptive reuse.

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Condemning Worship: Religious Liberty Protections and Church Takings

This Note explores how courts interpret religious liberty protections when the government seeks to condemn property owned by faith communities (“church takings”), revealing how judges discriminate between types of religious property. While protecting houses of worship, courts allow condemning authorities to take other properties integral to communities’ religious missions.