Edinburgh Student Housing Cooperative Ltd was founded in January 2014, and we moved into our current premises at 28 & 34 Wright’s Houses in August 2014. The Co-op is owned and run democratically by its 106 student residents, making us the UK’s largest student-run housing project. All members are expected to contribute to the community and help with the day-to-day responsibilities of managing residential property.
Providing affordable rent, empowering members via consensual decision-making, and providing the space for learning valuable life skills.
Applications are open regularly throughout the year for membership of the co-op, with tenancy start dates of January, June, or September 1st – please check our website to find out when the next upcoming window is. If an applicant is approved by the wider membership via voting/vetting but is not offered a specific space for one of those dates (due to far higher demand than we have places for), they will be placed on a waiting list and may be contacted by flats with offers of membership due to mid-semester move-outs.
Get in touch prior at contact@eshc.coop.
The whole membership decides collectively.
Everyone must agree before moving forward.
Power and responsibility are shared relatively equally among members.
Every member of the co-operative is assigned a specific role in our Work-Share Plan, each role belonging to one of a number of Working Groups. These WGs meet weekly and take care of the day-to-day runnings of the co-op, with General Meetings held roughly every two weeks to make big decisions and approve spending. All meetings are run entirely via consensus decision-making.
Members maintain separate personal finances with minimal sharing.
Join fee: $255
Regular fees: $477
Labor: Yes (5 hrs/week)
Members with pre-existing debt: allowed
Garden(s), Library, Workshop, Internet
Within city limits with access to urban amenities and infrastructure.
Cooperative housing primarily for students, often with shared chores,
meals, and democratic decision-making.
There are no needs and offers
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