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“As a parish vicar, I don’t need to go out looking for housing need, it comes to me. ...it surely can’t be right that I lock the door of a sound, safe, heated building on someone huddled in a sleeping bag outside?
What does that say about Isaiah’s words in chapter 58 vs 7 to ‘share food with the hungry and give shelter to the homeless’?"

Lynne Cullens, Rector of Stockport and Brinnington and a member of the Commission
What you can do, Your response to local housing need

We have partnered with Housing Justice to release these resources, to empower churches to respond to the local housing need of their area. 

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Resources for Churches and Individuals

Watch: Theology Videos

Bishop Graham Tomlin shares a series of short videos on the Theology of housing.

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Listen: Podcast

Stephen Backhouse shares helpful information on housing and theology.

Coming soon

Study: Bible Study on Faith and Housing

Learn and be empowered to take action. A 5-week Bible study notes and videos.

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Further studying

Replicable Case Studies

Get inspiration from churches across the country who are responding to the housing crisis.

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'Coming Home: a Theology of Housing’

Edited By Bishop Graham Tomlin and Dr Malcolm Brown.

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Why the Church should care about housing

Read the book written by Bishop Graham Tomlin and Stephen Backhouse, from Grove Books.

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Resources for Dioceses

The Good Steward Mapping Tool: The Archbishops' Commission has partnered with Knight Frank and Eido Research who have completed the first-ever digital mapping of all Church of England land and created a tool to aggregate social impact within each diocese.

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