BHT Sussex

We provide housing, and deliver support, specialist advice and guidance to people across Sussex.

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BHT Sussex

We provide housing, and deliver support, specialist advice and guidance to people across Sussex.

Combating Homelessness, Creating Opportunities, Promoting Change

BHT Sussex is a housing association and a homeless charity. We provide essential services across Brighton & Hove, Eastbourne and Hastings, as well as elsewhere in Sussex. We see it as our role to both challenge the causes of homelessness, poverty and marginalisation and to deal with the consequences.

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Our Service Areas

Work, Learning & Employment

Homelessness

Mental Health & Wellbeing

Addiction Services

Housing, Benefits & Legal Advice

Housing Services

News & Events

Lighthouse magazine – Autumn 2026 edition out now!

The latest publication from Housing Services is the Autumn 2026 edition of the Lighthouse newsletter, BHT Sussex’s quarterly magazine for tenants. In this edition we introduce...
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Pathfinder volunteer Kelvin talks about the importance of lived experience on podcast

One of our dedicated volunteers, Kelvin, who is a Peer Mentor for Pathfinder West Sussex, was recently interviewed on the Focal Plane podcast. He spoke eloquently...
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New STAIRs scheme introduced to help tenants access information

From 1 October 2026, social landlords like BHT Sussex must publish key information about their homes, spending and performance, under a new government scheme known as...
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Real life stories from BHT Sussex

Abdi

Going through the process of being granted asylum in the UK can be long, arduous and draining for people who have already been through traumatic events in their country of origin. Abdi went years without representation, having registered his asylum claim in 2021. This is when our Immigration Legal Service stepped in. This is Abdi’s story.