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Community Land Trusts

Community Development and the Commons

December 15, 2020March 9, 2016 by Chris Tittle

The commons offers a framework and a process for effectively and equitably stewarding the resources communities need to live in dignity. If we have a collective right to a resource, we should be able to participate in decisions about that resource’s use.

Categories Act: Inspiration, Economy Tags affordable housing, Community Land Trusts, housing cooperatives, the commons Leave a comment

Land Trusts Aid Beginning Farmers in Land Procurement

December 15, 2020January 26, 2016 by AJ Hughes

Land trusts are nonprofit entities designed to protect resources, including farmland.

Categories Act: Inspiration, Food & Water Tags access to land, building resilient food systems, Community Land Trusts, young farmers Leave a comment

Land Trusts Offer Houses That People With Lower Incomes Can Afford—And a Stepping Stone to Lasting Wealth

December 15, 2020September 21, 2015 by Penn Loh

Community land trusts diversify our concepts of property ownership.

Categories Act: Inspiration, Economy Tags Community Land Trusts, new economy Leave a comment

How Do Community Land Trusts Relate to the Commons?: Part 1

December 15, 2020July 8, 2015 by Pat Conaty

CLTs are a strategy that removes land from the housing market without disconnecting residents from their interest in owning, maintaining, and improving buildings.

Categories Act: Inspiration, Economy Tags affordable housing, building resilient communities, Community Land Trusts, the commons 1 Comment

Co-operative Commonwealth: De-commodifying Land and Money Part 3

December 15, 2020January 28, 2015 by Pat Conaty

Community Land Trusts, JAK, CoopHab and the WiR Co-operative Bank demonstrate today that there are viable ways to deliver access to land and money as a democratic commons that eliminates usury.

Categories Act: Inspiration, Economy Tags Community Land Trusts, cooperatives, new economy, public banks, the commons Leave a comment

Co-operative Commonwealth: Decommodifying Land and Money, Part 1

December 15, 2020January 22, 2015 by Pat Conaty

Access to land and the cost of that access are essential to the provision of affordable housing. Likewise, access to money, and the cost of that access, are issues fundamental to economic health.

Categories Act: Inspiration, Economy Tags Community Land Trusts, cooperatives, new economy, the commons 1 Comment

How Land Trusts Can Counter New Urbanism’s Gentrifying Tendencies

December 15, 2020September 19, 2014 by Cat Johnson

There are some exciting aspects to New Urbanism but there are downsides as well, including the displacement of lower-income people as new urbanism moves into an area.

Categories Act: Inspiration, Economy Tags building resilient communities, Community Land Trusts, economic inequality, gentrification, New Urbanism Leave a comment

How to Increase Public Land Sharing in Austin, Texas

December 15, 2020May 29, 2014 by Aubrie Christensen

As one of the scarcest resources in urban areas, land holds some of the greatest potential for sharing.

Categories Act: Inspiration, Society Tags community gardens, Community Land Trusts, Placemaking, sharing economy Leave a comment

New Garden Cities will inspire co-operative communities

December 15, 2020December 6, 2013 by Michel Bauwens

“New garden cities are needed to tackle the UK’s housing crisis, create sustainable communities and help young people get on the housing ladder, a new report, ‘Commons Sense’ from Co-operatives UK argues.

Categories Act: Inspiration, Economy Tags Community Land Trusts, community ownership of land, the commons Leave a comment

The Commons and Co-operative Commonwealth

December 15, 2020December 3, 2013 by Kevin Flanaghan

Land is part of the global commons like water, air, language, knowledge and culture.

Categories Act: Inspiration, Society Tags common assets, common land, Community Land Trusts, cooperatives, enclosure, land reform, the commons Leave a comment

How to Start a Community Land Trust

December 15, 2020October 17, 2013 by Nina Misuraca Ignaczak

The CLT model works by purchasing land on behalf of the community and holding it in trust in perpetuity.

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