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Inclusionary Housing and the Role of CLTs: Cross-Regional Perspectives on Land Policy and Long-Term Affordability
February 3 @ 11:00 am – 12:30 pm
Recording
Resources
- Slides from Jean-Marie Halleux
- Slides from Rick Jacobus
- Slides from Dev Goetschius
- Slides from Jean-Baptiste Debrandt
Webinar Description
As cities around the world face deepening housing affordability crises, inclusionary housing policies are increasingly used to expand access to affordable homes. Yet key questions remain: how are these homes stewarded over time, and how can affordability be protected beyond initial regulatory periods?
This international webinar co-hosted by the European CLT Network and the International Center for CLTs explores how inclusionary housing (or inclusionary zoning) policies can be paired with CLTs to secure lasting affordability, strengthen long-term stewardship, promote social cohesion, and expand access to stable, community-controlled housing. Inclusionary housing policies take many forms—some require developers to include a percentage of affordable homes in new projects, while others offer incentives such as density bonuses or fee reductions to encourage voluntary participation.
Drawing on experiences from both the United States and Europe, the session examines how CLTs can serve as long-term stewards of homes created through inclusionary housing programs—and why this partnership is critical for preserving affordability across generations. Speakers discuss key challenges and opportunities, including administrative complexity, lessons learned from US inclusionary zoning practice, and the potential for adapting these tools within European policy frameworks.
Moderated by Eduard Cabré (Spain), speakers include:
- Dev Goetschius, Housing Land Trust of the North Bay, Executive Director (USA)
- Jean-Baptiste Debrandt, City of Lille, Head of the Housing Department (France)
- Jean-Marie Halleux, University of Liège (Belgium)
- Rick Jacobus, Street Level Advisors, Principal (USA)
Designed for CLT practitioners, policymakers, housing advocates, and municipal officials, participants will leave with a clearer understanding of how inclusionary housing policies work, what makes them effective, and how CLTs can partner with public authorities to steward units, embed equity, and ensure long-term community benefit. The webinar will be conducted in English, with French and Spanish subtitles added to the recording when it is published on YouTube.
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Moderator and Speakers
Eduard Cabré, Housing Policy Consultant (Spain)
EDUARD CABRÉ works as a housing policy consultant for local governments and non-profit organizations. He currently advises the Barcelona Municipal Institute of Housing and Renovation on European and innovation projects, and regularly collaborates with the Provincial Council of Barcelona, the Provincial Council of Girona, and city councils throughout Catalonia.
He holds a degree in Political Science from Pompeu Fabra University, a Master’s degree in Urban Management and Valuation from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia, and a Master’s degree in Urban Planning from New York University.
Jean-Baptiste Debrandt, City of Lille, Head of the Housing Department (France)
JEAN-BAPTISTE DEBRANDT is an official for the City of Lille, holding the position of Head of the Department of Housing. He is involved in European projects related to sustainable development.
Dev Goetschius, Housing Land Trust of the North Bay, Executive Director (USA)
DEVIKA “DEV” GOETSCHIUS is a nationally recognized leader in community land trusts and permanently affordable homeownership, with over two decades of experience in equitable housing development. As Executive Director of the Housing Land Trust of Sonoma County and a partner at Burlington Associates in Community Development, Dev has helped launch and support dozens of shared equity housing programs across the US. She also serves on the boards of Generation Housing and International Center for Community Land Trusts, and is a trusted advisor to local governments, nonprofits, and Habitat for Humanity affiliates. Fluent in Spanish, Hindi, and Sindhi, Dev brings a community-centered, multilingual approach to her work, grounded in a commitment to long-term affordability and housing justice.
Jean-Marie Halleux, University of Liège, Professor (Belgium)
JEAN-MARIE HALLEUX is a professor at the University of Liège (Belgium), where he teaches economic geography and spatial planning. His research focuses on the relationships between geography, urban economics, and spatial planning. He has been involved in several European research programmes (Interreg, COST, PUCA, JPI Urban Europe), through which he has developed expertise in the international comparison of land policies and planning systems. His comparative research focuses on planning cultures, soft densification, land sobriety (no net land take), land value capture, and the impact of industrial land on economic development. In 2022, he was one of the editors of the book Public Value Capture of Increasing Property Values across Europe, which provides an overview and discussion of land value capture instruments and practices in 29 countries.
Rick Jacobus, Street Level Urban Impact Advisors, Prinicipal (USA)
RICK JACOBUS is one of the nation’s leading experts in inclusionary housing and affordable homeownership.
Rick is the author of Inclusionary Housing: Creating and Maintaining Equitable Communities, which has been called the ‘go to’ guide to inclusionary housing policy design. Rick worked directly with the City Councils of Denver, Seattle and San Jose to guide the redesign of each city’s inclusionary housing program. In addition, he has consulted on the design and implementation of inclusionary housing programs with more than a dozen cities including New York, Minneapolis, San Francisco, Santa Monica, Palo Alto, Chicago and Atlanta.
He has also served as a Fellow at the Lincoln Institute for Land Policy, a lecturer in the Department of City and Regional Planning at UC Berkeley and as a Senior Program Officer for the Local Initiatives Support Corporation.
He has a Bachelors degree from Oberlin College and a Masters of City Planning degree from the University of California at Berkeley.
