In addition to keynote speaker Chuck Marohn, the 2026 Church Properties Conference will feature voices and expertise from all over the church properties space.
This month's Think Piece, by Thomas Viz '27, examines various policy proposals related to the "Yes In God's Backyard" movement to address the housing affordability crisis.
The "Lasting Value in Real Estate" panel expressed approaches to real estate investment, design, and development in relation to the precepts of the Church.
Rev. Patrick Reidy, C.S.C., recently returned to campus after clerking for Justice Brett Kavanaugh of the Supreme Court of the United States. Fr. Reidy sat down with John O'Neill, CPI Program Manager, to discuss his interests and scholarship at the intersection of church properties and the law.
The Housing and Community Regeneration Initiative (HCRI) at Notre Dame's School of Architecture highlighted the positive impact of Catholic cathedral campuses in urban redevelopment efforts.
This summer, four real estate students interned with diocesan real estate offices, experiencing the daily cadence of these powerful and important ministries.
Notre Dame Sociology Professor Kraig Beyerlein and Wendy Cadge, President and Professor at Bryn Mawr College, organized and led a social science conference last March
The widespread closure of houses of worship in cities facing housing shortages highlights the potential that faith-based real estate holds to support housing affordability.
The Fitzgerald Institute for Real Estate (FIRE) and the Notre Dame Law School (NDLS) have launched a partnership to deepen the work of the Fitzgerald Institute for Real Estate's Church Properties Initiative (CPI).
Over the last year, the Church Properties Initiative (CPI) piloted a new program to serve as a “community of practice” for diocesan real estate directors.
