ABOUT

Imani was originally set up to provide affordable housing for young African and Caribbean people in Wandsworth, London.

Today, Imani Housing Co-operative’s aims and objectives are to provide good quality permanent housing primarily for its members/tenants.

  • We provide the opportunity for all stakeholders to develop their potential and relevant skills through effective educational and training facilities or via other support networks.
  • In addition to homes in Wandsworth, Imani ALSO delivers temporary accommodation provision in Bradford, Yorkshire, giving us national impact.
  • Imani aims to facilitate the fullest participation by our members/tenants in the management and service delivery of the cooperative’s housing provision.
  • Imani works in partnership with external agencies, local authorities & other registered social landlords to advocate, secure, and access the necessary resources to improve the quality of life for Imani Housing Co-op stakeholders in particular & the wider communities it serves.

OUR TEAM

Khalid Mair

Chief Executive Officer

Joseph Asade

Finance & HR Manager

Gerry Archer

Co-Op Development Worker

Marcia Cunningham

Housing Administrator

BOARD MEMBERS

Kamal Sanusi

Chair

Vennie Ndobho

Quality Assurance

Abdul Thompson

Secretary

Jackson Cofie

Treasurer

HISTORY

Imani achieved Registered Social Landlord status in 1987, enabling it to receive public funding developing its first owned properties available for letting in 1989.

Imani Housing co-operative is now in it’s thirty first year of operation as a Industrial and Provident Society and has continued to prove it’s worth as a small black community organisation working towards meeting the housing and development needs of it’s tenants and members. Imani Housing Co-op Ltd which now owns 95% of its housing stock comprising 52 new builds and rehab units, all charged at an affordable rate.