Making Affordable Housing Happen
A Biblical Focus from Advocacy to Zoning
On city, county, congregational, and nonprofit college land.
Thank you to everyone who attended Making Affordable Housing Happen, A Biblical Focus from Advocacy to Zoning, on city, county, nonprofit, and congregational land. We were thrilled so many people interested in improving the affordable housing situation in Placer County were able to attend. We have great hope that we’ll be able to make progress and improve the situation.
Anyone who would like to participate in a group to support making affordable housing happen, or would like to reach out to Jill for support in determining if affordable housing on your land is a viable option for affordable housing, please email us at reply@ppoft.org.
Thank you again for your participation. We value it greatly. Thank you to our sponsors the Placer Community Foundation, Eskaton, Jessup University, North Central California Presbytery, St. John's Episcopal Church, Roseville, and The Gathering Inn.
Congratulations to the 8 congregations who participated in a cohort with CLI, Congregational Land Initiative, to explore possibilities of building housing on their land!!!
Catholic bishops and religious call for action as report shows world’s biggest banks significantly increased fossil fuel financing in 2024
by Laudato Si’ Movement | Jul 18, 2025 | 0 comments
The world’s top 65 banks have financed fossil fuels with $7.9 trillion since the Paris Agreement, according to the latest edition of the Banking on Climate Chaos report. The report is endorsed by 492 organizations from 69 countries, including Laudato Si’ Movement, CAFOD, GreenFaith, JustMoney Movement and the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR).
Big banks poured $869 billion into fossil fuels in 2024 alone, with two thirds of banks covered in the report increasing their fossil fuel financing last year. According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), any new fossil fuel expansion projects are incompatible with achieving net zero emissions by 2050.
One of the key findings is that despite having adopted ‘net zero’ and other climate pledges in recent years, many global banks have abandoned these pledges and substantially increased their fossil fuel financing in 2024, the hottest year on record.
Profit is still being placed above people and planet. Have we lost our sense of shared humanity? Have we forgotten that we are deeply interconnected and that the suffering of one ultimately affects us all?”
Sr. Susan Francois CSJP, Assistant Congregation Leader and Treasurer of the Sisters of St Joseph of Peace, who filed a resolution against Citigroup over its impact on Indigenous rights, added:
“Pope Francis was clear that God wants the economy to serve life, not destroy Earth—our Common Home. As Sisters, we are committed to engaging financial institutions to advocate for responsible investment in present and future generations.”
James Buchanan, Climate Finance Campaign Manager at Laudato Si’ Movement, said:
“In 2024—the hottest year ever recorded—it’s alarming that major banks have significantly increased their fossil fuel financing. One of the most powerful actions Catholics can take is switching to greener banks, aligning our money with our faith.”
Have you already switched to a greener bank?
Read Bishop Gerry Alminaza’s call for banks to stop financing fossil fuels and find out how you can join the Big Bank Switch campaign.
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