Brighton YMCA houses and resettles 311 homeless people of all ages, providing the best opportunities to empower clients to reach their full potential and achieve their aspirations.

In 1870, Brighton YMCA was founded and started to provide accommodation from Steine House for single people such as servicemen and apprentices.

Alterations to the building have reduced its architectural importance, but Steine House has been listed at Grade II by English Heritage for its historical connections.

The Prince Regent (later King George IV) was one of the earliest and most important regular visitors to Brighton in its early years as a resort.

It was transformed from a small fishing village after about 1750 when sea-bathing and drinking seawater became fashionable and popular, on the advice of influential local doctor Richard Russell.

He visited again in 1785—the same year as he met and fell in love with Maria Fitzherbert, a widowed Roman Catholic.

[10] His design included a large colonnade across the front in an Egyptian style; this only lasted until the next year, when a storm destroyed it.

It is still owned by Brighton YMCA, and hosts the organisation's Registered Office, whilst still offering housing in 12 newly developed flats.

The organisation aims to provide a caring, supportive and rehabilitative environment to all clients, so that they can achieve their full potential and maximise their independence.

[14] The façade, facing east on to Old Steine, was partly set forward during the 1927 work, and dates solely from that time.

[14] Inside, partly surviving, but without its original walls, is Maria Fitzherbert's oval-shaped private chapel on the first floor.