About us

Birmingham Co-operatives Housing Services (bchs) provides management services for nine housing co-operatives in the West Midlands. In addition, we offer a national consultancy service specialising in putting residents in control.

We are committed to developing environmentally friendly co-operative housing and mutual home ownership.

bchs is one of seven organisations in the wider Accord Group. The Accord Group comprises Accord, Ashram, Caldmore and Moseley & District Churches housing associations, as well as bchs, Fry Housing Trust and Redditch Co-operative Homes. For more information, please visit the group website at accordgroup.org.uk
 

Co-operatives

Since 1997, we have developed more than 50 housing co-ops and community controlled housing projects. Throughout our history, we have developed innovative and new solutions to help people apply co-operative principles to resolve housing issues.

We provide services to the following co-operatives:

• 20/20 (49 homes)
• Alpha (33 homes)
• Balsall Heath (78 homes)
• Bordesley Green (44 homes)
• Paddock (46 homes)
• Shahjalal (77 homes)
• South Road (34 homes)
• Triangle (94 homes)
• Victoria Tenants (132 homes).

We work in close collaboration with Redditch Co-operative Homes and have links with other co-operatives including Starley Housing Co-operative in Coventry, Two Piers in Brighton and Argyle Street Housing Co-operative in Brighton.
 

Registered social landlord

bchs is also a registered social landlord and lets 98 of its own homes in Birmingham.