Read a selection of blogs from churches and faith communities.
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There’s no silver bullet – one church’s holistic approach to housing need
16/02/2021
The team at St Barnabas Church in Wigan hear all sorts of stories. In one of the most deprived parishes in the country, the bedroom tax isn’t the only issue affecting the stability of people’s homes. Unemployment is high in the area, and drug and alcohol abuse are common. St Barnabas felt compelled to act. There’s no one silver bullet, so they take a variety of approaches.
4 min read 
Turning an empty house into a home for refugees
09/06/2020
Boaz Trust is a Christian charity which works with philanthropic investors to house refugees and asylum seekers. The Archbishop of Canterbury's Housing Commission found out about their work.
5 min read
Two years on since Grenfell, nothing much has changed.
28/10/2019
COMMENT / The Bishop of Kensington, Graham Tomlin wrote to the London Evening Standard following his visit to Grenfell Tower.
5 min read
Unless the Lord Builds the House – helping your church reflect on the housing crisis
13/07/2020
In 2019, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, launched his Commission on Housing, Church and Community to bring a Christian perspective to the housing crisis. We’ve worked with the Centre for Theology and Community and the Roman Catholic Church to produce Unless the Lord Builds the House – a new five-week course of prayer, reflection and action, on Christian faith and housing.
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What will you do to end homelessness?
06/09/2020
We need to reimagine how we respond to homelessness. It’s key that this discussion is led by those with lived experience of homelessness, and that’s why it’s great to see that the Joint Public Issues Team of the Baptists, URC, Methodists and Church of Scotland are inviting them to the centre of their discussions.
3 min read
Why housing is key to a Christian response to sustainability
28/07/2020
The Archbishop of Canterbury’s Housing Commission is building a new vision for housing based on Christian values. Here, Prof Tim Gorringe (Professor of Theology at the University of Exeter) explains why sustainability must be at the heart of this.
6 min read
Would you take in a stranger?
11/08/2020
Our houses are more than just financial assets. They’re more even that just our homes. The Archbishop of Canterbury’s Commission on Housing, Church and Community believes that they’re valuable tools given to us by God. Nightstop is one way to do that.
7 min read
You are invited to the housing-themed Project Lab 2020 Final on 9th November
26/10/2020
This year everyone is invited to join in the online Project Lab 2020 final on 9th November at 7:30pm – a chance to find out about and support five church-led projects that are meeting local housing need in creative and effective ways. Please register here.
3 min read
‘Give what you have in your hand to Jesus’ – how is your church using its property?
02/12/2021
Paul Whitnall has met with hundreds of churches to help them think about how the can use their buildings missionally, creating a 'Church Informal Audit'. The Archbishop of Canterbury's Housing Commission talked to him about his work.
4 min read
‘God-given miracles’ – how a house church became a church of houses
09/11/2021
Pye Green Christian Centre started out as a house-church in the 1990s. The house they were meeting in was empty, and this made them uncomfortable – it didn’t feel like the best use of space. They found someone who needed a home, and they let them live there. While this didn’t last long, a new mission for the church had been born: to house those in need.
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