The Eldonian dream: Inside the fight for Liverpool’s community housing utopia

The Eldonian Village in Liverpool, a community-led housing project completed in the 1980s, was designed to provide residents with comprehensive support and community ownership. However, about a decade ago, community assets like the leisure center and playing fields were closed and fell into disrepair as Liverpool's dockside real estate became valuable. Residents discovered that assets had been transferred offshore to companies in the Caribbean and Switzerland. A group of residents launched a legal battle, involving the Charity Commission and the high court, to investigate the asset transfers and prevent the organization's dissolution. A high court judge recently dismissed a winding-up petition, leaving control of the organization with the residents who fought to protect it. The residents now hope to revive the Eldonian Village.

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