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LILAC’s pioneering co-housing community is vibrant and friendly community of 32 adults and 12 children and young people based in West Leeds – and it is seeking new tenants.
Residents are community-focused and committed to a greener future.
LILAC currently has three vacancies; a two-bedroom, first-floor flat with balcony, a one-bedroom, first-floor flat with balcony and a one-bedroom, second-floor flat with balcony.
Five adult members and two children are moving on and to re-balance the multi-generational community they are are particularly looking for younger adults and children, though not exclusively.
LILAC stands for ‘Low Impact Living Affordable Community’, and tenants live across 20 straw bale homes. There is also a common house and shared facilities and gardens. Established in 2013 in Kirkstall, LILAC are a cooperative and a ‘Mutual Home Ownership Society’, meaning members own LILAC together.
All applicants must:
- Want to live in and fully contribute to a community.
- Wholeheartedly support LILAC’s vision, values and aims.
- Be able to pay the deposit and meet other necessary financial criteria.
- Fully engage with the recruitment process, so everyone gets to know each other.
More about capacity and skills:
LILAC thrives on the participation, socialising and the work of itsmembers. It is important that you have enthusiasm for active involvement and see Lilac as place to live in the medium to long term.
The community needs a broad range of people and skills across our task teams which include: finance, secretarial/legal, landscape, maintenance, food, common house, process and learning teams.
A spokesperson said: “We believe that we all bring our own unique contribution, and we recognise that our energy and capacity naturally varies at different stages in our lives.”
All applicants must:
- Want to live in and fully contribute to a community.
- Wholeheartedly support our vision, values and aims.
- Be able to pay the deposit and meet other necessary financial criteria.
- Fully engage with our recruitment process, so that we all get to know each other.
If you are interested in join gin the LILAC community, expressions of interest should be made As soon as possible.
There will be an open day on 29 March 2025, and an applicants day (induction) 12 April, deadline for applications is 24 April.
- More information about living at LILAC, and full details on cost and how to apply can be found here.