October 2025In a recent 7 Investigates feature, Katie Everett, Executive Director of the Lynch Foundation, highlighted that faith institutions in Massachusetts own over 20,000 acres of underutilized land with the potential to support up to 500,000 housing units.
The story also emphasizes her advocacy for the YIGBY (Yes in God’s Backyard) bill, which would ease zoning restrictions and empower religious communities to develop multifamily housing in response to the state’s housing crisis.