The Eldonian dream: Inside the fight for Liverpool’s community housing utopia
Eldonian village was a forerunner in neighbourhood regeneration. Thirty years on it is fighting for survivalIt was the utopian housing dream, a community project designed to support its residents from cradle to grave – 400 redbrick homes built around a village hall, leisure centre and playing...
<p>Eldonian village was a forerunner in neighbourhood regeneration. Thirty years on it is fighting for survival</p><p>It was the utopian housing dream, a community project designed to support its residents from cradle to grave – 400 redbrick homes built around a village hall, leisure centre and playing fields, all of it owned and managed by the people who lived there.</p><p>The Eldonian village in Liverpool was heralded at the time of its completion by the then Prince Charles as a “leading example of a successful, community-led, bottom-up approach to neighbourhood regeneration”.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/nov/30/how-liverpool-housing-dream-turned-into-a-nightmare-eldonian-village">Continue reading...</a>
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