Category Research

US State Law Database

Community land trusts (CLTs) have long been able to organize or to operate without specific legislation, authorization, or guidance from state governments. Beginning with the creation of New Communities, Inc. in 1969, CLTs have relied on existing legal mechanisms in…

Bibliography

Introduction This bibliography is a work-in-progress. It got its start over twenty-five years ago in response to repeated requests from academics and practitioners, asking if I could steer them toward “more information” about community land trusts. I began compiling and…

Academic Papers

Introduction by John Emmeus Davis One of the main purposes and programs of the International Center for Community Land Trusts is “cataloging and disseminating academic and non-academic research” into community land trusts and similar strategies of community-led development on community-owned…