Plum Tree Housing Co-operative

11/10/2026

Beautiful celebration 🎊🎈🎉


Delighted to celebrate Sanford Housing Co-operative, being recognised as a Cooperative Cultural Heritage Site.

Sanford’s story is a powerful example of what co-operative housing can achieve. Growing from the work of housing and student activists in the late 1960s, Sanford was registered in 1973, opened its purpose-designed housing in 1974, and transferred ownership to its members collectively in 1975.

What makes Sanford especially significant is that co-operation was built into the project from the beginning. The homes were designed alongside a model of collective ownership, self-management and shared responsibility — creating not just a place to live, but a community where members actively shape and care for their homes together.

And importantly, Sanford isn’t simply a piece of history. It remains a living, member-run co-operative, continuing to demonstrate how co-operative values can shape communities, housing and everyday life. 🌱

11/10/2026

At Plum Tree Housing Co-op, we feel so lucky to be part of this amazing project, even in our own small way! 💚 We’re super excited to see it all come together and can’t wait to see the amazing things that are just around the corner! 🌱✨

You can also participate! 👇🏻
If you are looking for fair & affordable place to live and you are interested in creating a new housing co-op with your friends 👇🏻
If you have some spare funds or property which you want to invest in ethical and impactful way 👇🏻
Find out more details below!
The principle behind Collective Ownership Society is that housing should be owned for the benefit of the people who live in it, not as a vehicle for private profit. What makes it particularly innovative is its potential to become a vehicle for creating more and more housing co-operatives, pooling community investment to acquire land and buildings, and making them available to resident-led co-ops. As the model grows, each new acquisition can help expand a lasting network of collectively owned homes, creating more opportunities for people to live affordably, securely and democratically. Crucially, the land and buildings remain in community ownership for the long term, protected from speculative resale and the pressures of the property market. Rather than wealth flowing out to private landlords or being lost through the sale of assets, value is retained for future generations and can help support the creation of yet more co-ops. With CASH helping to develop the capacity, skills and resources to make this possible, the ambition is not simply to provide homes today, but to build a growing, self-reinforcing community-owned housing movement that can transform how housing is owned, managed and passed on into the future.

Community Assets for Society & Housing

09/10/2026

Martin’s acceptance speech Part 3 at CCH Annual Conference🏅👏🏻🏡 watch full speech here 👉🏻 https://youtu.be/2aLXQYqRVYE?is=XFIsZJVNp80Zf_0T

08/10/2026

Well done Sanford 👏🏻🏅🥳

Sanford Housing Co-operative in south-east London grew from 1960s student and housing activism into a purpose-designed model of self-managed cooperative housing.

08/10/2026

Amazing autumn harvest 🙏🏻🍅🍆🍇🌼

08/10/2026

Wonderful CCH Conference 2026 Confederation of Co-operative Housing (CCH)

08/10/2026

Garden back in September🤗 such a gorgeous sunshine 🌱

07/10/2026

Martins great speech 🤗👏🏻🏅
Lifetime achievement Award Part 2 at annual Conference

06/10/2026

Wonderful to see representatives of Scottish co-ops at CCH conference!

05/10/2026

Lifetime achievement award at annual conference 🏆🏅👏🏻