History
The History of the Morrigan Housing Co-operative
Morrigan Lesbian Housing Co-op was established in 1979 by a group of lesbians who wanted to buy a large shared house in the country.
At that time in was near impossible for lesbians and lesbian single mothers to obtain housing. A housing co-op was formed through the Registry of Friendly Societies and Morrigan was born. Through a series of socio/politcal and financial changes, the house in the country didn’t materialise and a large Victorian house was purchased in the centre of Nottingham. The funding came from donations and loans.
It was a shared house and still is to this day.
After securing some more loans another large shared house was purchased.
In 1986, on the back of these assets, Morrigan obtained mortgages from the city council to purchase another three smaller houses. (Those were the days eh? An LGB steering committee on the council).
A few years later Morrigan was approached by Nottingham Community Housing Association and asked to manage some of their property. Because of the nature of the management structure (these properties were owned by NCHA), the tenants in these properties eventually split from Morrigan and formed another lesbian housing co-operative called Banna. Banna is still going strong today.
Currently Morrigan owns one large shared house and three smaller two bedroomed properties.
Undoubtably some of the politics have changed through the years, but, Morrigan is still committed to providing safe, secure and affordable housing for Lesbians.