Who are we?
We are students and graduates from the universities in Sheffield. We have set up this housing co-operative to create a positive place for students to live. Difficult landlords and expensive rents are the first steps to overcome. Beyond that we aim to foster positive links within the community, support house-caring skills and develop environmentally friendly housing.
what is a student housing co-op?
the vision for sheffield student housing co-op
Timeline of the co-operative movement
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Breakup with your landladys
Invite them round. Tell them It's just been so long... Too long. If they say no, tell them It's urgent. Tell them Come round any time but you'd recommend sooner rather than later. Don't say why. Make sure you keep your nerve, and when they arrive: be pleased! Hold their hands to your face. Whisper She has returned. Place them before their old damp sofas. Give them time to reminisce. Invite them to the bathroom. Admire the mould, together. Compare it to the pattern on their coats. (They will not have taken them off.) Then throw another chair onto the fire you made when the heating broke and break the news gently. Be stoical through their tears. If they continue, tell them they have Great Aura but that it's just not working anymore. Again, smile into their confusion. They'll understand one day. And do this, all the while, plotting. That wall there: going. That ceiling: to be painted. This neighbourhood: ours. And as the landladys arrive home, feeling understandably sad, make sure there are flowers waiting, along with cards, reading On your recent property befeftment. Goodbye forever. From, your ex-tenants. Andy Owen Cook |