HIVE Directory: Sheltered Housing

Our aim is to provide affordable and sensitively managed sheltered housing for people over 60 years of age, giving priority to those who have served in the Armed Forces and their surviving partners or relatives. We also aim to meet the needs of those with priority on housing waiting lists when possible.

CESSA Housing Association (CESSA HA) manages a total of 8 Sheltered Housing Schemes for a variety of ex-service personnel and their families in the locations listed below.

Elm Trees Retirement Living Limited specialises in providing accommodation for the active elderly wishing to reside in the Portsmouth area, including Southsea, Havant and Cosham. Elm Trees Retirement Living is an independent charity.

The First Stop service offers free advice on housing and care options for people in later life

PRHA is one of many of the UK’s smaller housing associations that have a strong customer focus. It was committed members of the Portsmouth and Southsea Rotary Club that founded the Association. The connection to the Rotary Club remains with five Rotary members sitting on the Association’s Board of Management.