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13 Jul 2011

Churches encouraged to back rural regeneration and affordable housing

Churches can play a key role in regenerating rural communities and providing new affordable homes, the Anglican Bishop of Norwich says.
10 Apr 2011

Authorities told to tackle housing problems, not attack homeless

Housing and homelessness campaigners in London have strongly criticised new proposals to turn squatting into a criminal act.
18 Feb 2011

More homes needed, says Shelter

Local authorities must start prioritising spending on housing delivery to meet need, Shelter said in response to house building figures released yesterday (17 February).
17 Nov 2010

Government urged to act on affordable rural housing

The Government should enable affordable rural housing schemes to proceed and not require complex and expensive referenda, church leaders say.
21 Oct 2010

Imagine, George (it's easy if you try)

Hi George. How's your week been?

All that public rattling through stuff that so many people are worried about can't be easy. Probably not a lot of fun browsing the cartoons either – one picture being worth a thousand words and all that.
21 Oct 2010

Pushing up housing costs

Among the Chancellor’s targets in the Comprehensive Spending Review are social housing and those who need it. The capital budget has been slashed, and new tenants may face being charged up to 80 per cent of market rents.
18 Oct 2010

Housing Justice announces new funding for rural homes project

Campaigning churches' charity Housing Justice has announced new funding for initiatives aimed at tackling the growing rural housing crisis.
16 Oct 2010

Church initiatives can help tackle affordable housing crisis

Housing charities want to see churches making their unused land and buildings available to the community in order to tackle the rural housing crisis.
17 Jun 2010

Cardinal takes new role with homelessness charity

Catholic Archbishop of Westminster Vincent Nichols has become the patron of homelessness charity The Passage, a post originally held by his predecessor, Cardinal Murphy-O’Connor.
7 May 2009

Housing Minister urges Scots to identify church land for affordable housing

The Housing Minister Minister has urged Scottish churches to identify church owned property where affordable housing could built to help meet chronic shortages.

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