So sorry about your husbands job loss. Hopefully he will find work again soon. So many people are losing their jobs now, its so worrying. My hubby has been made redundant a couple of times now, but thankfully found other jobs ......he is at the moment working on a farm, doing anything and everything from land drainage, dry stone walling, to helping do a barn conversion.
Surely, if your husband got an office based job, the fact he does not drive is not a major problem, especially if the job was in a city or big town, as public transport links will be good?