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Citrus Housing / Tai Sitrws
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We're a group of queer and disabled people in Swansea and Manchester. Together, co-operatively, we'll be our own landlord. / Grŵp o bobl gwiar ac anabl yn Abertawe a Manceinion ŷm ni. Gyda’n gilydd, yn gydweithredol, byddwn ni’n landlordiaid i’n hunain.
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Hi! I'm Rohan (they/them) @rohanfoxart.bsky.social and I'm one of the members of Citrus housing co-op. I'm disabled, neurodivergent, queer, and trans. I'm unable to work and so have been reliant on the UK benefits system my entire adult life. 1/

#disability #trans #queer
January 30, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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Invest in homes for disabled folk!

Citrus Housing (aka Tai Sitrws, in Wales) is a fledgeling housing co-operative. We are buying houses in Manchester and Swansea, and adapting them. All of us are disabled, most of us are queer, and many of us face other kinds of oppression.

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Cartoon of five adults, four teenagers, one cat, and one dog
January 25, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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Citrus Housing right now:
 Five adults,
 Four children,
 One dog,
 One cat,
 One bearded dragon,
 And six guinea pigs.
All the people listed above, a dog, and a cat.
November 19, 2024 at 10:05 PM
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The icon of a disabled person, except the wheelchair is a hammer and sickle, and the wheel is the progress flag.
The icon of a disabled person, except the wheelchair is a hammer and sickle, and the wheel is the progress flag.
November 19, 2024 at 10:04 PM
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Bonus! Cartoon of a house
Cartoon drawing of house, with items labelled: Tree, Rooms (Lots), Cat, Dog, House, Accessible (a ramp), Battlements (crossed out with "No." above it", and *No* Landlord (with a red X over a picture of a man with a top hat and some money.)
November 19, 2024 at 10:04 PM
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Our current members, and immediate goals.
Current Members Citrus Housing Right Now Is:  Five adults,  Four children,  One dog,  One cat,  One bearded dragon,  And six guinea pigs. [Cartoon drawing of most of the above] Citrus Housing Immediate Plans Are: We’ve found a suitable massive house in Salford, Manchester! Which could house our Manchester contingent (three adults and three children). We’ve raised some investment, but we’re going to need to raise an additional £300k for this. We’re looking for rental houses to temporarily house our Swansea contingent (two adults and one child), while we raise more funding and find somewhere suitable to try to buy for them.
November 19, 2024 at 10:03 PM
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Membership criteria…
Membership Criteria  Members must be disabled (This can include neurodivergence and mental health challenges) but don’t need a formal diagnosis,  And must have at least one other axis of oppression or marginalisation.  (This is to try to ensure we’re prioritising those with the most need.)
November 19, 2024 at 10:03 PM
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What we plan to provide.
What We Plan To Provide  Citrus Housing will always look at current members’ housing needs and aim to meet them.  Citrus Housing will simultaneously build a wait list of potential future members, who we believe we might realistically be able to house in the future. Once current members are housed, we’ll acquire buildings which either meet the needs of people on our wait list, or buildings which we can adapt to do so.  Citrus will seek to actively get as much money as possible to pursue its aims of housing disabled people who would otherwise not have housing which meets their needs. [cartoon drawing of house]
November 19, 2024 at 10:02 PM
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Unreasonable adjustments.
Screenshot of tweet from Carys (@blindandb0ujee): "I think disabled people should spice it up a bit and start asking for unreasonable adjustments."
November 19, 2024 at 10:02 PM
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Why we exist, part two.
Why We Exist (part two)  Unsuitable housing lowers our quality of life, and even reduces our actual lifespans.  And suitable housing for disabled people doesn’t exist in amounts great enough to fill current needs.  So we want to build a housing co-op that has disabled people at its core from the very beginning.
November 19, 2024 at 10:01 PM
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Why we exist.
Why We Exist  It is unbelievably hard for disabled people to find suitable housing.  We are disproportionately poorer, generally less able to buy houses ourselves, and tend to have housing needs (flat access, stair lifts, adapted kitchens or bathrooms, or communication limitations) that private landlords are unwilling to meet. Private landlords also often refuse to rent to those of us who can’t hold down full time jobs. >:(  Simultaneously! Most currently existing housing co-ops have physically inaccessible buildings, and some have social cultures which are harder for disabled people to engage with or participate in.
November 19, 2024 at 10:00 PM
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Here are the slides from our talk on the Friday.
Citrus Housing Tai Sitrws (That’s ‘Citrus Housing’ in Welsh)
November 19, 2024 at 10:00 PM