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

BHT Sussex to exhibit clients’ work at Artists Open Houses in May

BHT Sussex will be taking part in Artists Open Houses 2026. We will showcase a powerful collection of our clients’ artwork in a public exhibition at...
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BHT Sussex celebrates end to Benefits Penalty for Supported Housing Residents

Campaigners are celebrating a major breakthrough that will end a long‑standing benefits anomaly which penalises people in supported housing when they move into work. BHT Sussex...
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Second BHT Sussex care home in Hove rated ‘Outstanding’

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has rated Hove-based care home Portland Road, run by BHT Sussex, as ‘Outstanding’, following their latest inspection. This comes just months...
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Real life stories from BHT Sussex

Ishaq

At BHT Sussex we are known for our resilience and ability to persevere, despite significant setbacks. This is demonstrated by our Immigration Legal Service, who helped a young man achieve refugee status after a six-year battle. This is Ishaq’s story. Ishaq grew up in Egypt, where he lived until he was a teenager. Ishaq’s father was arrested and imprisoned because of an association with the Muslim Brotherhood – a banned organisation in Egypt. It did not matter to Egyptian law enforcement whether the association was real or just perceived. The prison he was sent to is infamous for housing political … Read more