Faith, Place, & Housing Alliance (FPHA)
The FPHA evolved out of discussions within the Faith & Belief Policy Collective. The UK government’s Pride in Place and New Towns initiatives represent historic opportunities to address housing need and regenerate communities.
Yet evidence from the social unrest of summers 2024 and 2025 demonstrates that housing policy must be sensitive to issues of identity, cohesion, and trust.
The FPHA acts as a multi‑sectoral body ensuring these agendas deliver housing that is community‑led, inclusive, and rooted in values drawn from diverse faith traditions. By mobilising the capacities of faith institutions, the FPHA will help transform housing delivery into a driver of social cohesion rather than division.
Members of the FPHA steering group are listed below. For more information and a copy of the publication 'Housing with Values' that underpins the work of the alliance please click the tab below.
Professor Christoher Baker - Chair
Chris Baker is Professor of Religion, Belief and Public Life at Goldsmiths, University of London, where he is also Director of the Faiths and Civil Society Unit. He is a trustee for the Ella Baker School of Organising and is former Director of Research for the William Temple Foundation, a public theology think tank until early 2026. He is also co-founder of the Faith and Belief Policy Collective.
Rev'd Alison Boulton
New Housing Hub, The Stowe Church
Jonathan Tame
Adviser to Bishop for Housiong, Church of England
Yusuf Javaid
Muslims in Real Estate
Rev'd Penny Marsh
Chair Churches Together in England New Housing Areas
Dr Iona Hine
Dr Iona Hine is Programme Manager for the Cambridge Interfaith Programme, plus an affiliated cross-sector Knowledge Hub and inter-disciplinary Research Forum convening University of Cambridge scholars who take religion seriously. Her background includes work with researchers in politics, architecture, and urban studies in the Midlands and North West of England, and support to the Centre for Digital Built Britain. She is an active member of the Faith & Belief Policy Collective, contributing to cross‑sector engagement around matters of faith, belief, and values, and co-author of the Collective’s Housing with Values report.
Mark Pratchet
Community Stewardship Solutions
Lauryn Duncan-Rouse
Church Urban Fund
Professor Flora Samuel
Department fo Architecture, Cambridge University
Sarah Joseph
Sanjay Gadhvi
Karen Hinton-Platt
Tilak Parekh
Faculty of Divinity, Cambridge University