East Marsh United (EMU) founded East Marsh Community, the Community Benefit Society that operates as an ethical landlord. Working in partnership with EMU (now a CIO), it provides wraparound support to tenants and residents.
Through this model, the organisation is developing community-led housing solutions in East Marsh. EMU’s mission is to provide 100 homes for 100 years, encouraging people to flourish through the creation of a green, healthy, beautiful and safe environment. By building relationships within the community, challenging power, and inspiring imagination and through community creativity, EMU is accelerating towards their goals.
“Everything we do is geared towards changing the face of the East Marsh for good. Building on the East Marsh Neighbourhood Renewal Area action plan commissioned by the council in 2011, we’re taking things to the next level with our own wider East Marsh Plan.”
The group has championed community artists, created new opportunities for education and economic mobility, retrofitted homes and improved the neighbourhood. Their advocacy for grassroots democracy has uplifted the voices of many proud East Marshians.
