Join Us for Our Annual MHCH Celebration!
Register today for this two-part event: a community visioning event from 2:30-3:30 pm and our annual MHCH celebration from 3:30-5:00 pm. To register click here.
You’ll learn about our MHCH teams, local organizations, churches and businesses and more. There will be music, inspiring speakers, and a cake (actually two cakes) to celebrate the fifth anniversary of MHCH and the 70th birthday of Jill Shook, co-founder of MHCH. We will bestow Affordable Housing Rock Star Awards on those who’ve made a significant contribution to affordable housing. This celebration will take place at New Life Holiness Church, 2005 N Fair Oaks Ave, Pasadena, CA 91103.
We so appreciate your support as we seek to fulfill our mission to ensure safe, accessible and affordable housing for all.
This past year has been one of remarkable successes, all pointing to an exciting future. That’s why we are calling our Fall/Winter Campaign: “Visioning Our Future: Accessible, Affordable Housing for All.” We need your support to help us reach our goal of $40,000 by the end of this year. To donate, please click here.
Our successes include:
Our Affordable Housing Bus Tour attracted over 70 participants, including 38 mayors and elected officials. We demonstrated not only that affordable housing is beautiful and benefits communities, we also helped decision makers see how to make it happen.
SB 4 passed, after a three-year advocacy campaign that we helped initiate. This bill makes 170,000 acres of religious land available for affordable housing statewide. This is a gamechanger for churches in California and for our Congregational Land Committee!
The Congregational Land Committee’s work continue to expand, with teams forming in N. California, Colorado, Texas and Washington, thanks to our Apprenticeship Program. Here in Californnia:
- 85congregations have shown interest
- 25completed prep classes (4-session cohorts)
- 22feasibility studies completed
- 3requests for proposals
- 3 agreements with affordable housing developers
Our N. Fair Oaks Empowerment Initiative is doing significant racial justice work and community organizing as MHCH member and urban planner Phil Burns helps us to develop a Vision Plan (worth $20,000) that will help revive this under-resourced area of our city for the next 20 years. Our annual event will take place on Nov. 19 in the heart of this once thriving African American community.
Our Safe Parking program has found housing for 5 parkers living in their vehicles, and we also helped pass an ordinance that makes safe parking a permitted use for congregations in non-residential zones.
The Bible tells us “without a vision the people perish” (Proverbs 29:18). Our vision comes from the prophet Micah: “Everyone ‘neath their vine and fig tree will live in peace and unafraid” (Micah 4:4) . God’s intention is for everyone to have accessible, affordable and secure housing. That’s the mission and the vision of MHCH. Please help us make this vision a reality with your support!
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