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MAIS facilitates mutual aid between co-operatives, other types of social enterprise, small ethical business, community groups, and other like-minded people. We have an email discussion list of co-operators from across Sussex. Get in touch on mais[at]riseup.net if you want to me added. We also organise occasioanl events. Keep an eye on this website for updates.
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How to set up a housing co-op – free workshop
We are working with Brighton & Hove Community Land Trust (BHCLT) to organise a workshop on how to set up a housing co-operative. Housing co-operatives are one of many ways to create more genuinely affordable and secure housing in the … Continue reading
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Spare 5 minutes? Please fill in our survey
Co-operatives South East and Mutual Aid In Sussex (MAIS) are working together to survey co-operatives of all kinds between Worthing and Eastbourne (anyone within the BN postcode area) to find out where we can be the most useful and where … Continue reading
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Next organising meeting
MAIS and Co-ops South East are meeting together on Wednesday 28 March at 7pm at on Blackman St (just off Trafalgar St). We are working with Co-ops South East to survey co-ops in the city about the kinds of things they … Continue reading
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New videos on community-led housing
The Brighton & Hove Community-Led Housing Programme is producing useful videos for housing co-ops, cohousing groups and groups self-build projects. The Brighton & Hove Community-Led Housing Programme was launched on Wednesday 21 February and there are now videos from the event … Continue reading
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Community solutions to the housing crisis
Launch of the Brighton & Hove Community-Led Housing Programme on Wednesday 21 February. Community-led housing is a way to create more genuinely affordable and secure homes, allowing local people to create alternatives that are community focused and take power back from … Continue reading
Open day: What is it like to live in a housing co-operative?
Join us on Saturday 15 July for an open day of six housing co-operatives in Brighton & Hove, each with its own story. This is a chance to see some of the ways more genuinely affordable housing has been created … Continue reading
How can we bring more community-led housing to Brighton and Hove?
Affordability, instability, damp, bad landlords, overcrowding – just some of the issues raised at Housing Crisis: Community Solutions 2017 on Saturday 24 June. People from across Brighton, Hove and beyond came together to discuss their housing wants and needs, learn … Continue reading
