What if it functioned more like a bridge than a wall?

(The Center Square) – When IKAR, a Los Angeles Jewish community, purchased a piece of property four years ago, they began envisioning a synagogue home for themselves. The community, which

Religious Properties Can Now Cut Parking by up to 50% When Building Affordable Housing - California religious properties will now have...

Every week at All Saints Church we put our faith into action. This week we are urging our California State Senators to pass and send to the governor AB 2097 (Friedman) that would prohibit public agencies from imposing or enforcing parking minimums on new developments within ½ mile of a major transit stop, such as along a light rail transit (LRT) line or bus rapid transit (BRT) line.

Houses of worship own billions worth of empty, deteriorating or underused real estate. Some local governments and denominations are moving to carve it into badly needed housing, but there are plenty of obstacles.

The group collected $1,000 in recent months, and with help from other organizations, turned it into $4,000. They made the donation Wednesday to Red Truck Ministries, which serves areas of Central Virginia considered to be ‘food deserts.’

Caesars Entertainment says money generated from its much-despised parking fees at its Las Vegas casino resorts will be used for good.

One option floated to the church would cost it more than $1 million, its lawyer said. The problem arose after the city intervened to buy property the church had arranged to purchase for parking.

A Florida church has won an initial federal court battle over its parking lot. A member of Pass-A-Grille Beach Community Church's youth group welcomes the

The holiday shopping season is heading into full swing and so is an annual program that helps thousands of stu...

Sometime in the future, there might be a tiny neighborhood of affordable housing tucked into church parking lots across Pasadena. They could be little pallet houses, or the FEMA trailers stashed aw…

City officials want to revamp parking regulations for houses of worship and other site geared toward public assembly to facilitate more home construction. The changes have been pushed by a group of housing activists calling themselves YIGBY, for "Yes in God's Backyard."

Some cities offer short windows where residents can opt to clear tickets by making donations, such as to schools and animal shelters.

The parking benefits that churches, synagogues, hospitals, colleges and other nonprofits offer their employees are suddenly taxable.