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

Funding received through the Ending Homelessness in Communities Fund

We are pleased to announce that Off The Fence and BHT Sussex have been awarded funding through the Ending Homelessness in Communities Fund, administered by the...
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Clients create Serenity Space at Addiction Services

Clients at our Detox Support(opens in new tab) and Recovery Projects(opens in new tab) have been working hard to create a new ‘Serenity Space’ in the...
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Lighthouse magazine – Summer 2026 edition out now!

The latest publication from Housing Services is the Summer 2024 edition of the Lighthouse newsletter, BHT Sussex’s quarterly magazine for tenants. This edition of highlights tenant...
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Real life stories from BHT Sussex

Iva

BHT Sussex is one of the only Legal Aid providers in the South East, making the work of our Immigration Legal Service incredibly important. This service provides advice and representation for many people trying to claim asylum in the UK. As part of this service, we help and represent many minors who have arrived in the UK unaccompanied. This was the case with Iva. This is her story. Iva was kidnapped as a 15-year-old and brought to the UK by traffickers who intended to exploit her. She managed to escape from her trafficker when she arrived in the UK and … Read more