LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 28, 2026--
Logos Faith Development, a Los Angeles–based for-profit impact developer, in partnership with St Rest Friendship Baptist Church, commemorated the official groundbreaking on Tuesday, May 26th on Phase One of a 138-unit affordable housing community in Los Angeles, marking a major milestone in the organization’s 2026 development pipeline.
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Local officials and community leaders including representatives from the City of Los Angeles Council District 8 (CD8) office, joined Logos and St Rest Friendship Baptist Church at the groundbreaking, underscoring the importance of public-private and faith-based collaboration in addressing Los Angeles’ housing challenges.
The St Rest development will deliver much-needed affordable housing while demonstrating the power of faith-based partnerships to unlock underutilized land for community impact. The project at 709 W. Manchester Ave. in Los Angeles (development site) reflects Logos Faith Development’s mission to work alongside churches and mission-aligned partners to address the region’s housing crisis through scalable, financially sustainable development.
Pastor Martin Porter, Founder and CEO of Logos Faith Development, said, “This project is not simply about developing a building, it’s about my passion and vision for people to live in housing that has world-class interior design that inspires them on a daily basis, and to have access to life and vocational coaching that leads them to having lives worth living that are full of purpose and abundance. In short, we are not simply developing projects, we are developing people.”
Pastor Torrey N. Collins of St Rest Friendship Baptist Church, said, “This project reflects our calling to serve our community in tangible ways. By partnering with Logos Faith Development, we are transforming our land into a place of opportunity, dignity, and hope. Today’s groundbreaking is a testament to what can happen when faith, vision, and expertise come together.”
Los Angeles City Council President, Marqueece Harris-Dawson, Council District 8 (CD8), said, "Addressing our housing crisis is something everyone in Los Angeles should be invested in, and I look forward to the success of this project."
St Rest Phase One will deliver 62 new apartment homes serving low- and moderate-income households. The four-story development will include 53 one-bedroom units and nine two-bedroom units, features a courtyard on the second floor and will provide 27 covered parking spaces. St Rest will include deeper affordability replacement units as part of the project’s overall housing mix. Construction funding for this initial phase of the project was delivered via a roughly $15 million construction loan from Sunflower Bank. Phase One is expected to be completed during Q4 2027.
The overall St Rest project will feature a mix of 138 one-bedroom and two-bedroom units, with roughly 90% of the units dedicated to low-income tenants under Section 8 standards. The full two-phase plan will ultimately create new housing units across neighboring parcels, along with a new worship and ministry space for St Rest Friendship Baptist Church in Phase Two. The development will serve individuals and families in need while strengthening community ties and reinforcing the role of churches as anchors for neighborhood stability.
The St Rest project advances Logos Faith Development’s broader 2026 strategy, which includes multiple planned groundbreakings across California and positions the firm as a leading voice in faith-based affordable housing nationwide. With a development pipeline valued at approximately $700 million and more than 2,000 affordable housing units planned in partnership with over 30 faith-based organizations, Logos Faith Development continues to expand its footprint across Southern California and beyond.
The Saint Rest development also supports Logos Faith Development’s ongoing fundraising and investor engagement efforts, reinforcing its position as a trusted partner for impact investors seeking both financial performance and measurable social outcomes.
About Logos Faith Development
Founded in 2017, Logos Faith Development is a leading Los Angeles-based developer that partners with churches to build much needed affordable housing in Southern California. The full-service real estate firm joins with churches, landowners, and mission-aligned organizations to repurpose underutilized land into affordable communities, thus working to help solve the affordable housing crisis and make an impact on underserved communities. Logos Faith Development brings a strong track record for creating affordable housing and has a development pipeline valued at $700 million that spans more than 2,000 units and encompasses more than 30 faith-based organizations. More information: www.logosfaithdevelopment.com.
Logos Development Team Gathers with Church & City Officials for St Rest Groundbreaking Event May 26, 2026 *Photo Courtesy of Logos Faith Development
A federal judge has temporarily blocked any payouts from the Trump administration’s $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” settlement fund.
Meanwhile, former Attorney General Pam Bondi is testifying before House lawmakers investigating Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual abuse cases, a long-awaited appearance that brings fresh scrutiny of the administration’s botched release of the Epstein case files.
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A federal judge has temporarily blocked Trump’s administration from paying any claims through a new $1.776 billion settlement fund for Trump allies who believe they were victims of a weaponized government.
U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema in Alexandria, Virginia, on Friday also barred the government from moving forward with the fund’s creation while litigation is pending to challenge it.
The judge scheduled a June 12 hearing for arguments on whether to extend the order blocking payouts from an “Anti-Weaponization Fund,” which the government created to resolve Trump’s lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service over the leak of his tax returns.
The fund has created a fierce backlash since it was announced last week, with even Republicans pressing acting Attorney General Todd Blanche over the eligibility considerations and the possibility that even violent rioters at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, would be free to seek compensation.
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The former attorney general is appearing before House lawmakers as they investigate how the government has handled the investigations into Jeffrey Epstein.
Bondi was ousted as attorney general last month, but her in her previous testimony to Congress she has been defiant in the face of lawmakers’ questions about how the Department of Justice handled the release of case files on Epstein. She is also accompanied today by Department of Justice officials — an arrangement Democrats have criticized.
Several survivors of Epstein’s abuse also appeared outside the House office room where the interview is happening behind closed doors. They pressed the committee chair, Republican Rep. James Comer, to closely question Bondi.
“We want justice for the survivors, we do,” Comer told them.
Democrats may be in a more celebratory mood than usual as they gather Friday in South Carolina, a state led almost entirely by Republicans.
The party is holding events days after the GOP-led state Senate shot down an effort backed by President Donald Trump to redraw House district lines to help Republicans this fall. That move was aimed at ousting longtime Rep. Jim Clyburn, the state’s lone congressional Democrat and a party powerbroker who’s been in office since 1993.
Friday’s gatherings kick off with the Blue Palmetto Dinner, an annual party fundraiser that typically showcases potential presidential contenders and the party’s national figures. Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear will be the headliner.
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Former Attorney General Pam Bondi is testifying before House lawmakers investigating Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual abuse cases, a long-awaited appearance that brings fresh scrutiny of the administration’s botched release of the Epstein case files.
Bondi was defiant in previous public testimony when she was confronted by lawmakers about the Epstein investigation. It’s unclear whether she’ll bring the same approach Friday, now that she is no longer in charge of the Justice Department. The session will be held behind closed doors.
The transcribed interview will give lawmakers a chance to dig for information on the Trump administration’s handling of the Epstein files and other related matters, including the prison sentence of his former girlfriend and confidant, Ghislaine Maxwell. The Justice Department moved Maxwell to a prison camp in Texas last August.
“I think she absolutely could clear up many missing pieces if she wanted to,” said Rep. Yassamin Ansari, an Arizona Democrat on the House Oversight Committee. “Now it’s a question of whether or not she is willing to be transparent.”
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A federal judge has declined to halt Trump’s executive order creating a federal voter list and limiting mail voting, clearing the way for potential sweeping changes in how American elections are run shortly before this year’s midterm elections.
U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols, a Trump appointee in Washington, late Wednesday rejected the request by Democrats and civil rights groups that had argued Trump’s order would likely be found unconstitutional because the states and Congress, not the president, have the power to set election rules. Nichols agreed with the Republican Trump administration’s contention that it was too early to block the order because it has yet to be implemented.
Nichols’ ruling leaves the door open for further challenges when the Trump administration moves to implement the president’s directive. A separate lawsuit seeking to block the executive order is underway in Boston. No matter how rapidly the administration acts, no voting changes are expected during primary elections, which continue into next month.
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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Thursday that his department has prepared the design for a $250 bill featuring Trump, anticipating the passage of stalled legislation in Congress to put the president on a new denomination of legal tender.
Bessent said at the White House that authorizing the new currency will be up to lawmakers on Capitol Hill, but that “we’ve created the bill” because “we have to be prepared.”
The secretary downplayed the idea that the administration is pushing the matter, despite Trump’s penchant for infusing his name and likeness across the nation’s capital and into the observances of the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. Yet he also insisted there is nothing inappropriate about Trump’s visage being part of the seminal national celebration.
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The top federal prosecutor in Chicago denied Thursday evening that his office had opened an investigation into E. Jean Carroll, the longtime advice columnist who has said Trump sexually assaulted her 30 years ago, hours after multiple news organizations reported that the Justice Department was investigating whether she had lied during the course of civil litigation against Trump.
The Associated Press and other news organizations, citing anonymous sources, reported that the federal prosecutors’ office in Chicago had opened an investigation into Carroll.
But Andrew Boutros, the U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, issued a statement roughly 24 hours after the first report was published saying that his office “has not opened — and has never opened — a criminal investigation into E. Jean Carroll.”
A person familiar with the matter, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss an ongoing investigation, initially told the AP on Thursday morning that investigators were focused on Carroll but later clarified that the actual focus was on a nonprofit that had helped fund her case.
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U.S. and Iranian negotiators reached a tentative agreement Thursday to extend the ceasefire in the 3-month-old war by 60 days and start a new round of talks on Iran’s nuclear program, according to a U.S. official familiar with the matter.
Iran did not immediately confirm any deal. Vice President JD Vance on Thursday evening confirmed there was a tentative agreement, but said it was unclear if Trump would approve it.
“It’s hard to say exactly when or if the president’s going to sign,” Vance told reporters.
He added: “We’re going back and forth on a couple of language points.”
The emerging memorandum of understanding came as the fragile ceasefire in the war between the U.S. and Iran appeared to be wavering. The latest flare-up in fighting happened less than a day earlier, when Kuwait intercepted missiles fired from Iran, according to U.S. Central Command.
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— Aamer Madhani, Jon Gambrell, Michelle L. Price and Sam Metz
Equipment is seen being constructed on the South Lawn of the White House, Thursday, May 28, 2026, in Washington for a future UFC mixed martial arts fight to be held on June 14 as part of America 250 celebrations. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
President Donald Trump speaks during a Cabinet meeting at the White House, Wednesday, May 27, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
President Donald Trump departs Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Tuesday, May 26, 2026, in Bethesda, Md. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
