SEASALT Housing Co-operative

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About us

'Our vision is of a student led initiative for affordable housing, democratic living and long term sustainability'

Founded in 2018, we are a student housing co-operative based in Brighton. As a housing co-operative, property is owned and managed by its residents, putting an end to unresponsive landlords, poor quality housing and spiraling rents. We have a wide variety of interests but principally, we focus on housing justice, social justice, fairer more democratic economics and environmental + sustainability campaigns.

We have raised over £336,000 to buy our first house through a share offer with Brighton and Hove Community Land Trust (BHCLT). We hope to move our first students in by September 2021 so if you are interested in living or volunteering with us then please see our get involved/live with us page! Overall, we are working towards creating the first Student housing co-operative in the South East.

Latest news

30/11/2020 - We did it! We raised £260,000! We've reached our share offer investment target of £260,000! Thank you so much to all of our investors, supporters, the wonderful people at BHCLT and to Sim and Ruthie our founders. we couldn't have done this without you! Stay tuned as we now look for our first house and start some exciting projects here on our site and in partnership with BHCLT.

October 25, 2020

The rapid commodification of student housing goes hand in hand...

Villains and Heroes: who has control over student housing?

November 20, 2019

This summer, I was fortunate enough to visit the UC...

UC BERKELEY STUDENT HOUSING CO-OP – A TOUR

August 22, 2019

A couple of summers ago I spent a few weeks...

RESILIENT COMMUNITIES: LEARNING JOURNEY

June 16, 2019

Earlier this month two members from SEASALT, along with members...

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SEASALT student housing coop 2 days ago

Leeched by your landlord? Lower your rents with SEASALT! #affordablehousing #HousingForAll https://t.co/rJisePkRxI

SEASALT student housing coop 3 days ago

The new ‘student’ castle on Lewes road, Brighton is so expensive you could live in a 4 star hotel in the centre of town for less! More luxury living for a privileged few and less affordable accommodation for students, locals and disadvantaged communities. #HousingForAll https://t.co/G4vpkZwcPy

SEASALT student housing coop 6 days ago

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RT @BunkerCoop: Cannot believe it but a year has passed since we moved in to Plumpton Road. Hoping to build some more of these very soon! W…

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Comments and support from our local MPs

Hearing more about SEASALT is so inspiring. They are leading the way tackling a really huge problem of exorbitant rents, unresponsive landlords and poor quality student housing at the source. I am really proud that the first student led housing cooperative in the South East will be in Brighton. I hope its profile will increase so more students take the initiative to set up housing co-operatives around the country.

Caroline Lucas

MP Brighton Pavillion

It is no secret that we face a housing crisis, both across our city and our country, and that young people face the sharp end of it. A young people’s housing cooperative is a fantastic initiative that will help ensure we are not pricing young people out of Brighton. The cooperative’s values are in line with Council objectives and this innovative, affordable housing initiative, which will be owned by the community, is exactly the sort of thing we should be encouraging across our city.