EcoHouse Group
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| Private | |
| Industry | Construction Housing Development |
| Founded | 2009 |
| Founder | Anthony Armstrong Emery |
| Headquarters | Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil |
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Key people
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Anthony Armstrong Emery (founder and CEO) |
| Owner | Anthony Armstrong Emery |
EcoHouse Group Developments Ltd is a multinational real estate company based in London, England which had operations in Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil but is now being liquidated. The company supposedly specialised in the construction of social housing through the Brazilian government's Minha Casa, Minha Vida programme; however, in August 2014 the Brazilian Embassy in Singapore (where Ecohouse attracted many investors) stated that the company had no relationship with the Brazilian government, in November 2014 it appeared the company was not on the government's list of participants in the scheme, and the company is subject to fraud investigations by Brazilian and British police.
As of 2013, the group claimed to have offices in London, England, Singapore, Brazil, Canada and Dubai and more than 1000 employees. According to the Financial Times (before the allegations of fraud) it is "one of the largest property and construction companies in northeast Brazil"; however, they do not appear on the 2013 Inteligência Empresarial da Construção list of the hundred largest construction companies in Brazil.
Launched in 2007 by Englishman Anthony Armstrong Emery, EcoHouse Group claims to be the only UK company authorised to build developments under Minha Casa, Minha Vida ("My House, My Life"), a social housing project launched by the Brazilian Government. Minha Casa, Minha Vida is a public-private partnership that started in 2009 in an attempt to create affordable housing for Brazilians currently living in favelas.
In April 2012, EcoHouse's developments were discussed by Brazil's Minister of Social Security, Garibaldi Alves Filho, who described the company as having attention to detail and determination to offer comfort. He made these remarks at an event which the company had invited him to attend.
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