BOISE, Idaho -- As the housing crisis in Idaho's Treasure Valley weighs down on Idahoans struggling with housing insecurity, a new affordable housing project plans to build homes for low-income families in a nontraditional place: underused church land.
Collister United Methodist Church in Boise and Leap Housing, a nonprofit that creates affordable housing, have partnered to build Taft Homes on unused land at the church property at 4400 W. Taft St., launching the first project of its kind in Boise.
The two houses are part of Leap’s ‘Yes in God’s Backyard’ program, which came about shortly after Leap’s initial meetings with Collister. The project aims to partner with faith-based organizations to turn their underused land into affordable housing for the community.
