CHISEL is dedicated to the support and development of housing co-operatives and to a high level of tenant participation in the management and strategic development of the organisation.

CHISEL manages about 250 homes in south-east London, Colchester and Brighton.

CHISEL is registered with the Housing Corporation, which regularly monitors our work and makes sure that our policies and practice are fair and efficient.

The homes we provide
CHISEL provides both self-contained and shared housing for rent. About one third of our properties are timber-framed houses built by the tenants who live in them. The rest are mainly modernised older properties although we do have a small number of new, purpose-built homes.

Who do we house?
CHISEL does not normally take direct applications, so we do not operate a general waiting list. Very occasionally we are able to accept direct applications for some of our shared housing in London and Brighton. To check if we currently have any shared vacancies please email us. A tenancy will not be offered if there is evidence that an applicant will not be able to sustain the responsibility of being a tenant. This includes applicants with a proven history of serious nuisance or harassment towards neighbours, and former tenants with arrears still owing to CHISEL.

Job Vacancy
We are currently recruiting a Co-ops & Tenants Officer ( 14 hours per week). If you are interested in applying please download a recruitment pack here (files are zipped).

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Annual Report 2010
Tenants' Annual Report 2011