Supporting parishes and dioceses to transform surplus or not-fit-for purpose church property or land into affordable homes that meet local needs.
Alongside the Archbishop’s Council’s Housing Project, which is developing a national pipeline of church-led housing opportunities, the Church Housing Association is now established as a Registered Provider delivering its first homes, and the Church Development Agency is supporting churches through increasingly complex development projects.
Together, these organisations are helping churches bring forward affordable housing, often alongside new or refurbished church buildings, community halls and other facilities that support neighbourhoods and strengthen the long term ministry of the church.
Led by Beki Winter, the Housing Project supports parishes and dioceses in transforming surplus or not-fit-for purpose church property or land into affordable homes that meet local needs. At the heart of this work are the five values set out in the Coming Home report: creating homes that are safe, stable, sustainable, sociable, and satisfying
Across the country, many churches face challenges with ageing buildings, underused spaces, or property that no longer serves its original purpose. What may appear to be a problem can often become an opportunity. A crumbling church hall could be redeveloped to include community facilities alongside affordable flats, while surplus land such as car parks, former vicarages, or unused gardens could provide much-needed social housing.
Each project is unique, but all share the potential to support local communities, strengthen parish sustainability, and provide homes for those who need them most.
This initiative is a simple response to a Biblical mandate to God’s people towards justice: where a true fast involves bringing the homeless poor into our house (Isaiah 58:7), and where serving Christ demands that we welcome the stranger (Matthew 25:35).
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