Our Values
A good home is a place that enables us to live in harmony with the natural environment; it is a place where we feel safe; it enables us to put down roots and belong to a community; it is a place we enjoy living in and delight to come home to.
Fundamentally, we believe that a home should be five things: sustainable, safe, stable, sociable and satisfying. These core values derive from our Christian story, though we believe they will resonate with people of all faiths and of none.
“Together we can ensure a compassionate and just response to this housing crisis, and ensure that everyone has a good home.”
The Coming Home report highlighted five core values that set a new standard and vision for what good housing should look like:
First, good housing should be sustainable: building homes which work in harmony with nature is an essential part of our calling as stewards of God’s good creation.
Then good houses must be safe: every home should provide decent, secure accommodation and be a place where people feel protected against unwanted intrusion.
Third, homes should be stable: good housing policy should provide affordable homes and secure tenancies, enabling people to settle for the long term and put down roots with their families.
Good housing is also sociable: homes should be conducive to hospitality and fellowship, and providing shared facilities and meeting spaces encourages relationships between neighbours to grow.
Lastly, good housing should be satisfying: communities are more than clusters of homes – the architecture, design and technology must work together to create places where people delight to live.
In summary, a good home is a place that enables us to live in harmony with the natural environment, it is a place where we feel safe, it is affordable and enables us to put down roots and feel part of a community. It is a place that we enjoy living in and delight to come home to.
Our hope is that this vision will become an accepted standard across the housing sector, and inspire us to create the homes and communities our society needs. Our homes should be a foretaste of God’s kingdom – our true home when God makes his home with us.
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