Tackling the housing crisis
Mobilising the Church to build homes and communities.
“Every human being deserves to come home to a place where they can feel safe, a place where they can find belonging, a place where they can have stability, a place where they can experience joy and pleasure and beauty.”
Bishop Guli Francis-Dehqani, lead bishop for housing
What’s Happening
The latest news, events and announcements from across the Church’s work on housing.
Case Studies
Examples and stories of housing projects on Church Land.
St Bartholomew’s, Leeds
St John’s, Keswick
Christ the Redeemer, Cambridge
St Martin’s, Fulwood
How to Get Started
The Coming Home report concluded by saying we all have a part to play in responding to the housing crisis, and that will entail sacrificial service. One of the guides in our resources section, ‘Unless the Lord builds the house,’ emphasises the importance of learning to see our neighbourhood through God’s eyes. The housing crisis is primarily about people, not about buildings. We need to listen to our neighbours, learning with them what the key housing issues are locally. Then we need to see what we already have as a local church - people, skills, buildings - that could be part of what God wants us to use to help create decent, affordable homes and thriving neighbourhoods.
3 steps to begin:
Find someone else locally (e.g. in your church) to discuss these issues with and explore together how you might be part of the Church’s response to the housing crisis where you are.
Check out the resources on this website and sign up to our mailing list below, so you can hear about our online Church housing events etc.
If your church has land or buildings that might be (re)developed to provide some housing, then talk to your vicar or churchwarden. If they support the idea, then get in touch with the Archbishops' Council Housing Project who can advise you.