Panel Discussion on Using CLTs to Deliver Energy Renovation and Permanent Affordability to Existing Housing
2024-10-23 11:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York)
Webinar Recording

Transcript in English and French

Webinar Description

As a follow up to the September webinar, we gathered previous webinar presenters for an hour-long panel discussion where we continued to build on the previous month’s case studies working with non-CLT homeowners to upgrade their homes and stabilize their tenure while bringing them into the community land trust. In the last webinar, we saw presentations from Virginie Schoëff (CLTB) and Jeanne Mosseray (VUB) regarding the Upcycling Trust Partnership—a collaboration between five European CLTs and local authorities—and Staci Horwitz regarding Project Sustained Legacy from the City of Lakes CLT in Minneapolis. This discussion provided insights and actionable takeaways on how CLTs are approaching working with, educating, and organizing with non-CLT homeowners to stabilize tenure, bring circular and sustainable upgrades to their homes, while bringing them into a CLT.

Panelists

Jeanne Mosseray, Post-Doctoral Researcher, Cosmopolis Centre for Urban Research, Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Jeanne was trained as an anthropologist and pursued studies in Urbanism and Strategic Planning. Now, as an “urbanist-anthropologist”, she is combining socio-spatial urban research and urban design. Her main research focus is on housing, social housing neighborhoods and the residents’ inclusion in the city through urbanism.

Staci Horwitz, Operations Director, City of Lakes Community Land Trust

Staci Horwitz is the Operations Director at City of Lakes CLT, where she oversees homeownership programs and property development projects. She joined CLCLT in 2006 and has a diverse background, including roles as a software firm president, grant writing consultant, youth specialist, and medical sales consultant. Staci’s expertise spans nonprofit administration, program development, financial management, and community land trust stewardship. She has also facilitated workshops for NeighborWorks® America and Grounded Solutions Network. Staci holds a Bachelor of Arts in Dietetics from the College of St. Scholastica and resides in North Minneapolis.

Geert De Pauw, Coordinator, Community Land Trust Brussels; Board Co-President, International Center for Community Land Trusts

Geert De Pauw has been active for more than 20 years for the right to housing in Brussels, as an activist and community worker. In 2008, following a study visit to the Champlain Housing Trust, he started advocating for the establishment of a Community Land Trust in Brussels. He coordinated the feasibility study, on behalf of the Brussels Capital Region, for the establishment of a CLT. Since the official establishment of Community Land Trust Brussels in 2013, he has acted as coordinator of the association. From there he co-founded the European CLT partnership SHICC (Sustainable Housing for Cohesive Communities), which sets itself the goal of building a powerful CLT sector in Europe.

Panel Discussion on Stewarding the Future: Youth Power and Leadership in Community Land Trust Practice
2024-12-04 12:00 - 13:15 (America/New_York)
Webinar Resources

Slide Decks

Ashley Allen, PhD, Houston CLT, Executive Director

Carlos Sanchez-Gonzales, South Baltimore CLT, Youth Outreach Specialist

Jason Webb, Grounded Solutions Network, Community and Technical Assistance Principal

Webinar Description

On 4 December 2024, we held a panel discussion with a short Q&A on youth engagement and leadership within community land trusts. Core to the CLT mission is the stewardship of community assets for both present and future generations. Responding to today’s pressing social, economic, and environmental challenges—particularly those posed by climate change—requires listening to, and raising up, the voices of those who will be most affected: our youth. Engaging young people in community-owned land and housing will be crucial for building sustainable communities and advancing the stewardship mission of CLTs. This webinar was an engaging conversation with CLT practitioners and two youth leaders. Together, we explored questions such as:

How are CLTs involving youth representatives in decision-making?

How are the concerns of youth members of CLTs shaping CLT practice?

How can we better engage youth and highlight their role in shaping the future of communities?

Panelists

Ashley Allen serves as the Executive Director of the Houston Community Land Trust. She brings to the role non-profit leadership and program development experience in the areas of education, S.T.E. M.,workforce development and affordable housing. As a community organizer for over 10 years, she helped develop and drive campaigns for improved homeless services, affordable housing policy, and education in Chicago, IL.Ashley served as a consultant with the Barack Obama Foundation where she was responsible for the planning and implementation of the foundation’s initiative to develop the next generation of community organizers and advocates.Ashley’s experience as a homeless youth is what ignited her passion to help increase housing accessibility and affordability for those that need it most. She serves on the Board of The Coalition for the Homeless of Houston/Harris County and is a member of the Houston Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta, Sorority, Inc. Ashley holds a B.S. in Food Science from Florida A&M University, an M.P.A from Governors State University and a Ph.D. in Cultural and Educational Policy with a concentration in Sociology from Loyola University Chicago.

Carlos Sanchez-Gonzales is a youth leader and South Baltimore resident who works with South Baltimore Community Land Trust. In his work, he focuses on citywide outreach and education to connect more residents with the movement to create community-owned developmentAs a student at Benjamin Franklin HS in Curtis Bay, Carlos started learning from environmental justice leaders who founded Free Your Voice. Carlos acted on these lessons by helping to develop Baltimore’s first citywide Zero Waste Plan and advocating for new funding for permanently affordable community owned development. Now, Carlos continues to advance environmental justice through research and action while expanding our outreach to the next generation of youth leaders.

Jason Webb is a Community and Technical Assistance Principal at Grounded Solutions Network. He has close to 40 years of experience in community organizing and revitalization. He was instrumental in the revitalization of a community in Roxbury, Massachusetts, called “Dudley Street,” as highlighted in the award-winning documentaries Holding Ground and Gaining Ground and in the book Streets of Hope. As the 9ason oversees training and technical assistance for cities, nonprofit organizations, and community groups. He assists with exploring, adopting, and implementing housing policies and programs with lasting affordability that advance racial equity and inclusion. Jason has developed essential tools that have helped hundreds of groups learn about the community land trust model, such as the “Community Land Trust Start-up Hub”. Jason served as Co-Chair of the staff committee for racial equity and inclusion from 2020 to 2023. Before coming to Grounded Solutions, Jason worked for 15 years for Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative (DSNI) and Network Member Dudley Neighbors Inc. (DNI). He served in several capacities, including Director of Real Estate and Technology, Director of DNI “The Community Land Trust,” and Director of Administration and Finance. Jason oversaw the development of several community land trust developments and created a youth development/youth jobs program called CommunityScapes.A Massachusetts native, Jason attended Boston University School of Management. Jason currently resides in New Bedford, Massachusetts, where he and his family enjoy the harbor city that is known for its fishing and whaling industry.

Habitat for Humanity-CLT Partnerships for Lasting Affordability
2025-07-01 14:00 - 15:15 UTC
Webinar Description

What does it take to create housing that remains affordable across generations? Join the International Center for CLTs, Habitat for Humanity, and the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy for a dynamic conversation on the power of community land trusts (CLTs) as a tool to deliver lasting affordability through long-term stewardship. This webinar walks through the history of the CLT movement in the US, examine the current landscape of affordable housing preservation, and spotlight a new policy report on forming strong and equitable CLT partnerships.

Panelists offer practical insights into how CLTs function as stewards—protecting affordability at resale, supporting homeowners over time, and preserving the physical integrity of homes so they can serve multiple generations of families. With a long-standing history of collaboration, CLTs and Habitat for Humanity affiliates are natural partners in this work. Participants learn how CLT-Habitat partnerships have been successfully formed and scaled and what it truly takes—on the ground and behind the scenes—for communities to take collective control of land and housing.

Whether you’re a housing advocate, policymaker, staff/board member of Habitat for Humanity affiliates and CLTs, or a curious citizen, this session will provide both inspiration and grounded strategy for ensuring that affordability endures beyond a single sale, beyond a single homeowner—for generations to come.

Speakers and Panelists

John Emmeus Davis, Founding Board Member, International Center for Community Land Trusts; Editor-in-Chief, Terra Nostra Press

JOHN EMMEUS DAVIS is a co-founder of Burlington Associates in Community Development, a national consulting cooperative. John was on the staff of the Institute for Community Economics from 1981 to 1985 and later served for ten years as the housing director for the City of Burlington, Vermont. He co-authored the federal definition of a CLT that was enacted into US law in 1992.

Assan Sosseh, Lasting Affordability Program Manager, Habitat for Humanity International

ASSAN SOSSEH is a seasoned affordable housing professional currently serving as the Lasting Affordability Program Manager at Habitat for Humanity International (HFHI). In this role, he leads initiatives aimed at increasing the adoption of lasting affordability homeownership models within the Habitat network. These models include strategies such as community land trusts, ground leases, and long-term deed restrictions, all designed to ensure that homes remain affordable for future generations.

Derby Swanson, Director of Homeowner and Community Services, Habitat for Humanity of Frederick County

DERBY A SWANSON has a diverse professional background with extensive experience in community services, market research, and project management. Currently serving as the Director of Homeowner and Community Services at Habitat for Humanity of Frederick County since September 2022, Derby previously held roles such as Community Impact Manager and Worship Administrator at Trinity Church in the City of Boston. Derby A. Swanson operated an independent consulting practice focused on research methodologies from 2011 to June 2016 and has also held significant positions at Sentient Decision Science, Applied Marketing Science, and the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts, contributing to various strategic and management initiatives. Academic qualifications include an MBA in Market Research from the Questrom School of Business at Boston University, a Master of Divinity in Theology from Andover Newton Theological School, and a Bachelor of Science in Theatre from Northwestern University.

Matina Kauffman, Vice President of Homeownership and Neighborhood Programs, Habitat for Humanity Portland Region

MATINA KAUFFMAN is the Vice President of Homeownership and Neighborhood Programs with Habitat for Humanity Portland Region. She has been with the affiliate for 18 years and was instrumental in their transition to permanent affordability through a partnership with the local community land trust, Proud Ground. She has been a strong supporter of expanding shared equity models across the Habitat network and sharing best practices. She helped develop a resource center on lasting affordability for affiliates through a Fellowship with Habitat for Humanity for Humanity International.

Megan McDonough, Executive Director, Pioneer Valley Habitat for Humanity

MEGAN MCDONOUGH has been the Executive Director of Pioneer Valley Habitat for Humanity since 2014. Megan has been working with Habitat to refine the model of small, ecological, homeownership – asking the question, what’s “big enough” to contain the dream of homeownership? Prior to her work with Habitat Megan spent 7 years at the Center for Ecotechnology providing support for green building certification programs like LEED for Homes and ENERGY STAR Homes. She has a master’s degree in regional planning from UMass Amherst and lives with her family in a near zero net energy home in the western Mass hilltowns.

Devika Goetschius, Executive Director, Housing Land Trust of the North Bay

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.

CLTs as a Step Towards Decolonizing Our Relationships to Land
2025-11-25 13:30 - 15:00 UTC
Recordings

English Recording

Grabación en español

Webinar Resources

Slideshow presentation from Autumn Ness, Lahaina CLT

Slideshow presentation from Norm Leech, Downtown Eastside CLT

Slideshow presentation from Corrina Gould, Sogorea Te’ Land Trust

ENGLISH Transcript

Webinar Description

For thousands of years before the invasion and colonization of the Americas, the Caribbean, and the Pacific Islands, Indigenous peoples across these regions lived in deep relationships with the land, understanding it as sacred and shared. The imposition of private ownership, capitalism, and extractivism over the past five centuries has profoundly disrupted that relationship, disconnecting communities from the land and environment.

This webinar brought together representatives of Indigenous-led CLTs in the US and Canada to share how CLTs can serve as a step towards decolonizing our collective relationship to land, returning sacred land to Indigenous stewardship and resisting disaster capitalism.

Speakers and Panelists

Autumn Ness, Executive Director, Lahaina CLT (Hawai’i, US)

AUTUMN NESS serves as LCLT’s Executive Director, accountable to the past and future generations of Lahaina, nurturing the long-term vision of a community-owned land base that redefines homeownership and economic systems outside of extractive capitalism and more in accordance with ‘ike Hawai’i (the values and wisdom of this place). She has intimate experience with post-disaster displacement, and its permanent effects on environment and culture, after being displaced after the Japan tsunami and nuclear meltdown. As a settler on Maui since then, she has worked on land, water and agriculture justice issues from a systems change lens, working arm in arm with community to take those systems back in ways that build local power and collective well being. She previously served as Senior Affordable Housing Policy Advisor for Council Member Johnson, chair of Affordable Housing. They worked with Maui County Council to implement a progressive package of affordable housing bills that include the strongest anti-displacement policies in Hawaiʻi, and increased funding mechanisms for infrastructure and affordable housing. She is also the founder of the Maui Food Hub, a response to COVID that has now become vital and permanent farm-to-consumer infrastructure.

Corrina Gould, Co-Director, Sogorea Te’ Land Trust (California, US)

CORRINA GOULD (Tribal Chair for the Confederated Villages of Lisjan Nation) was born and raised in the village of Huichin, now known as Oakland, CA. She is the Co-Founder and Lead Organizer for Indian People Organizing for Change, a small Native run organization and the Sogorea Te’ Land Trust, an urban Indigenous women-led organization within her ancestral territory. Through the practices of rematriation, cultural revitalization, and land restoration, the Land Trust calls on Native and non-Native peoples to heal and transform legacies of colonization, genocide, and to do the work our ancestors and future generations are calling us to do.

Norm Leech, President, Downtown Eastside CLT (Vancouver, Canada)

NORM LEECH is the President of the Downtown Eastside CLT (DTES CLT). DTES CLT is moving toward a more Indigenous relationship with land that is sustainable, responsible, and healing. This can help preserve affordable housing by sheltering property from the global market that is increasing housing costs around the globe.

Norm speaks widely on inter-generational trauma due to colonization. He grew up in East Vancouver, with ancestry in the T’it’q’et community of the St’at’imc nation where he has served as Chief and also Administrator. He draws on his experiences as a recovering alcoholic/ addict, inter-generational survivor, and spiritual explorer to inform his current work which includes several boards and committees.

Amber Khan, Postdoctoral Scholar, University of Washington

AMBER KHAN, PhD, MPH is an applied interdisciplinary disaster scholar focused on community-led solutions to the climate crisis, centering on community-led land use and policy, affordable housing, and preventing displacement and gentrification. In her current role as a postdoctoral scholar at the University of Washington, she leads an international study with the International Center for CLTs on the application of CLTs in building climate and disaster resilience. In her role as a participatory action research fellow at the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee (UUSC), she designs and conducts research on climate displacement, migration, and resettlement with Indigenous-led organizations.

Scaling Housing Supply through Habitat for Humanity-CLT Partnerships
2025-12-10 15:00 - 16:30 UTC
Recording

Resources

Slideshow presentation

Full transcript

Webinar Description

The second webinar in the Lasting Affordability Webinar Series by Habitat for Humanity International will explore strategies for building strong, sustainable partnerships with Community Land Trusts (CLTs) to advance lasting affordability and housing preservation.

Drawing on lessons from Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity’s collaborations with Homes Within Reach, other CLT partners, and the broader coalition building work with the Minnesota Statewide CLT Coalition, this webinar examines key challenges: such as funding-driven participation, buyback limitations, the evolution of resale formula, and highlights successful approaches for scaling CLTs at a state level. Speakers from the Minnesota CLT Coalition, Homes Within Reach, and Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity shared insights on partnerships with CLTs and Habitat affiliates, policy influence, and their coalition-building work.

Designed for Habitat affiliates, CLT partners, statewide coalitions, housing advocates, and policymakers, participants will leave with a clearer understanding of how to engage CLTs, navigate funding ecosystems, and foster partnerships rooted in trust, flexibility, and long-term community impact.

Speakers and Panelists

Assan Sosseh, Lasting Affordability Program Manager, Habitat for Humanity International

ASSAN SOSSEH is a seasoned affordable housing professional currently serving as the Lasting Affordability Program Manager at Habitat for Humanity International (HFHI). In this role, he leads initiatives aimed at increasing the adoption of lasting affordability homeownership models within the Habitat network. These models include strategies such as community land trusts, ground leases, and long-term deed restrictions, all designed to ensure that homes remain affordable for future generations.

Ben Post, VP, Strategy and Impact, Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity

BEN POST joined Twin Cities Habitat in 2018. Ben leads the Strategy team which is responsible for managing the organization’s strategic plan. Ben’s team also implements new, strategic initiatives designed to improve and increase Twin Cities Habitat’s impact. Ben earned his Bachelor’s degree from Bethel University and has worked in affordable housing for more than 20 years. His experience includes multi-family rental, ownership, lasting affordability and shared equity models, program delivery, and management.

Brenda Lano-Wolke, Executive Director, Homes Within Reach

BRENDA LANO-WOLKE is the Executive Director for Homes Within Reach.

Jeff Washbourne, Administrator, Minnesota Community Land Trust Coalition

JEFF WASHBOURNE is a Partner with Burlington Associates and is working with or has worked with over 50 community land trusts nationally. He transitioned away from the City of Lakes Community Land Trust (CLCLT) in 2023 after serving as the Director since its incorporation in November of 2002. Over the 20+ year tenure with the CLCLT the organization was able to assist over 490 low-income homeowners into the Community Land Trust homeownership with over 375 homes in trust. Through his tenure, the CLCLT grew to become the largest ownership Community Land Trust in MN and the 3rd largest nationally, creatively using the Community Land Trust in many groundbreaking ways. Over time, the CLCLT created and spun off a Commercial Land Trust, an Agricultural Land Trust and is currently working with partner organizations to establish the first African American Community Land Trust in the Twin Cities.

Prior to joining the CLCLT, he worked at Twin Cities Neighborhood Housing Services from 1997 – 2000 and 2001 – 2002, serving as the Executive Director the latter two years. Prior to his nonprofit housing experience, Jeff worked as a construction supervisor/trainer for a residential construction firm in South Korea, a YMCA Program Manager in New Mexico, and served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Honduras. He holds an M.A. in Public Administration from Hamline University and a B.A. in Psychology from DePauw University. He’s gained certificates from the Harvard Kennedy School/NeighborWorks America Achieving Excellence and the Bank of America Neighborhood Builder Leadership Programs. Over the past 25 years in Minneapolis, he has served on dozens of nonprofit boards in the community. He has lived in Minneapolis since 1997.

For work in Minnesota where Jeff had pre-existing relationships, he utilizes his own consulting LLC, Everlong Consulting. In this capacity he serves as the contract administrator for the MN CLT Coalition, supporting the 14 community land trusts in Minnesota with advocacy, policy, technical assistance, fundraising, and coalition building.

John Emmeus Davis, Board Member, Editor-in-Chief, International Center for CLTs; Terra Nostra Press

JOHN EMMEUS DAVIS is a city planner who has spent much of his 40-year career providing technical assistance to CLTs and documenting their history and performance. He coauthored the Lincoln Institute’s 2008 publication The City-CLT Partnership. He previously served as housing director in Burlington, Vermont, and was dean of the National CLT Academy. He is a partner at Burlington Associates in Community Development LLC, a national consulting cooperative. He is a founding board member of the International Center for CLTs and editor in chief of the center’s imprint, Terra Nostra Press.

Inclusionary Housing and the Role of CLTs: Cross-Regional Perspectives on Land Policy and Long-Term Affordability
2026-02-03 11:00 - 12:30 UTC
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.

Rooted in Justice: Centering Underserved Communities in CLT Practice
2026-05-05 10:00 - 11:30 (America/Halifax)
This event was part of the 2026 Global Community Land Trust (CLT) Virtual Summit. Explore the full program and register for more events here.

On May 5, Rondo Community Land Trust, in collaboration with the Minnesota CLT Coalition, hosted a session exploring how CLTs can more intentionally center underserved and underrepresented communities—particularly Black communities—and remain accountable to their movement roots.

Bringing together BIPOC CLT leaders from across the United States, the session highlighted strategies for authentic engagement, movement-rooted practice, and challenging dominant-culture norms within the sector. Speakers reflected on how CLTs can stay grounded in and accountable to the communities most impacted by housing inequities.

Designed for CLT practitioners, residents, organizers, and partners across housing and policy, this session offered practical insights and real-world examples.

Recording

Resources

Slide Deck from Mikeya Griffin + Ashley Allen

Transcript (EN)

Arc of Justice Film

Speakers

Mikeya Griffin, Rondo Community Land Trust, Executive Director (US)

MIKEYA GRIFFIN is a visionary leader and a proud child of St. Paul’s Rondo neighborhood, dedicated to preserving the legacy of the city’s historic Black community while driving innovative solutions to combat displacement and foster economic growth. As the Executive Director of Rondo Community Land Trust (RCLT), she champions affordable homeownership and commercial opportunities for low-to-moderate-income families, residents, and entrepreneurs, ensuring that prosperity remains within the community.

With deep roots in Rondo—where her great aunt and uncle first settled after migrating from Mississippi—Mikeya understands firsthand the importance of community-driven development. Under her leadership, RCLT has expanded significantly, growing from a $300,000 annual budget to $2.5 million and increasing staff from 1.5 employees to 9. The organization is on track to help 600 families achieve homeownership and support over 300 businesses, proving that shared ownership models can be a powerful tool for economic mobility.

Mikeya is a passionate advocate for community-driven economic growth, focusing on homeownership, business development, and long-term neighborhood stability. She is leading efforts to revitalize Rondo’s historic African American Arts & Cultural Corridor, including initiatives like Golden Thyme, a hub for local entrepreneurs.

A dynamic spokesperson, Mikeya brings a practical, solutions-oriented perspective to discussions on housing, economic opportunity, and strategies to keep communities strong. She is available to speak on community wealth-building, land trusts as a sustainable approach to housing affordability, and the role of culture in economic revitalization.

Ashley Allen, Houston Community Land Trust, Executive Director (US)

DR ASHLEY ALLEN serves as Executive Director of the Houston Community Land Trust (HCLT), a county-wide affordable housing and community development non-profit organization in Houston, Texas. HCLT has provided permanently affordable homeownership to over 200 limited-income Houston families since 2019. HCLT implements a traditional Community Land Trust (CLT) model which centers the leadership and voice of residents on how their communities are developed and preserved. In 2025 HCLT expanded its programming to include affordable rentals, home rehabilitation and commercial space to support local businesses and community organizations. Her experience as a homeless youth is what ignited her passion to help increase housing accessibility and affordability for those that need it most.

Damon Mason, Rondo Community Land Trust, Associate Director (US)

DAMON MASON was born and raised in Gary, Indiana. At an early age, he knew he wanted to be a part of a community that was progressive, thriving and openly adapting to cultural differences. Entering the lending industry in 2004 as a mortgage loan officer, he has also worked as a processor, underwriter, communications lead, and in compliance. These disciplines inspired his belief that housing belongs to everyone. In 2023, he joined Rondo CLT as the Senior Housing Program Manager, bringing well over 20 years of experience. Throughout his 2+ years at Rondo CLT, he has been a passionate, highly effective advocate for housing justice and decreasing racial homeownership gap in the state. Due to his determination and support, he was elevated to Associate Director in 2025 where he is now responsible for operational leadership, team development, strategic planning, and oversight of Rondo CLT’s residential and commercial programming.

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Termos Territoriais Coletivos no Brasil: Aprendizados, Desafios e Perspectivas
2026-05-05 13:00 - 14:30 (America/Halifax)
This event was part of the 2026 Global Community Land Trust (CLT) Virtual Summit. Explore the full program and register for more events here.

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Recursos / Resources

Transcrição (Português)

Transcript (English)

PORTUGUÊS

Como parte do #CLTVirtualSummit2026, a Comunidades Catalisadoras (CatCom) e o Projeto Termo Territorial Coletivo (TTC) promoverem uma mesa redonda sobre o desenvolvimento do TTC no Brasil — uma adaptação dos community land trusts (CLTs) ao contexto brasileiro.

A sessão convidou participantes a conhecer e discutir os aprendizados acumulados na implementação do TTC, abordando práticas em curso, desafios enfrentados e perspectivas futuras. A conversa foi um espaço aberto de intercâmbio entre comunidades, organizações parceiras e pessoas envolvidas no debate sobre terra, moradia e justiça territorial.

Voltado a profissionais e praticantes de CLTs, formuladores de políticas públicas, pesquisadores e público em geral, o encontro buscou fortalecer o diálogo entre diferentes setores e contribuir para a construção coletiva de conhecimento e articulação do movimento.

ENGLISH

As part of the global #CLTVirtualSummit2026, Catalytic Communities (CommCat) and the Favela CLT Project hosted a roundtable on the development of Termos Territoriais Coletivos (TTC), the Brazilian adaptation.

This session invited participants to explore and discuss the lessons learned from implementing TTCs, highlighting current practices, key challenges, and future perspectives. The conversation created an open space for exchange among communities, partner organizations, and others engaged in discussions around land, housing, and territorial justice.

Designed for CLT practitioners, policymakers, researchers, and the broader public, this session aimed to strengthen dialogue across sectors and support ongoing movement-building and knowledge exchange.

Speakers

Claudia Pires, Arquiteta e doutora em Arquitetura e Urbanismo (Brasil)

Jurema Constâncio, Coordenadora estatual (Brasil)

Tarcyla Fidalgo, Advogada e planejadora urbana (Brasil)

Pedro Lima, Universidade de São Paulo

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What We’re Learning in the Global South: A Conversation on CLTs Across Contexts
2026-05-12 13:00 - 13:30 (America/Sao_Paulo)
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On May 12, the International Center for Community Land Trusts hosted a roundtable exploring key lessons from the Global South CLT Initiative.

Bringing together practitioners and partners from Brazil, South Africa, Portugal, and the Philippines, this session reflected on how CLT approaches are being interpreted, adapted, and applied across diverse territorial contexts. Drawing on two years of collaboration and a recent peer exchange in Rio de Janeiro, speakers shared concrete experiences from their work and the challenges they are navigating.

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Joanne Cheung, Richmond CLT, Board Member (US)

Tarcyla Fidalgo, Global South CLT Initiative Lead (Brazil)

Ricardo Carneiro, Estúdio Periférico, Architect and Researcher (Portugal)

Crystal West, Development Action Group, Programme Manager (South Africa)

Mikeya Griffin, Rondo Community Land Trust, Executive Director (US)

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Diseño de soluciones de tenencia colectiva de la tierra a partir de las aspiraciones comunitarias: La experiencia de Puerto Rico
2026-05-14 16:30 - 18:00 (America/Halifax)
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El jueves 14 de mayo, el Colectivo de Gestión Colectiva de la Tierra en Puerto Rico, en coordinación con el Fideicomiso de la Tierra del Caño Martín Peña y El Enjambre Colectivo, organizó una mesa redonda sobre el diseño de soluciones de tenencia colectiva de la tierra desde las aspiraciones y realidades comunitarias, en diálogo con los community land trusts (CLT) —adaptados en Puerto Rico como fideicomisos comunitarios de la tierra.

A través del diálogo entre representantes de diversas iniciativas en distintas etapas de desarrollo, la sesión exploró los desafíos y aprendizajes del proceso organizativo para seleccionar y diseñar instrumentos de tenencia colectiva utilizando las herramientas legales disponibles en cada contexto. Las intervenciones abordaron experiencias vinculadas al acceso a tierras para la agroecología, el derecho a permanecer frente a la gentrificación y el militarismo, y el desarrollo de vivienda colectiva, destacando cómo estas respuestas enfrentan las dinámicas de despojo y extracción en Puerto Rico.

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On May 14, the Collective Land Stewardship Group in Puerto Rico, in coordination with the Caño Martín Peña Community Land Trust and El Enjambre Colectivo, hosted a roundtable on designing collective land tenure solutions rooted in community aspirations and local realities, in dialogue with community land trusts (CLTs)—adapted in Puerto Rico as fideicomisos comunitarios de la tierra.

Through dialogue among representatives of diverse initiatives at different stages of development, the session explored the challenges and lessons emerging from organizing processes to select and design collective land tenure models using existing legal tools in each context. Speakers shared experiences related to access to land for agroecology, the right to remain in the face of gentrification and militarization, and the development of collective housing, highlighting how these responses confront ongoing dynamics of dispossession and extraction in Puerto Rico.

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Mariolga Juliá Pacheco, Fideicomiso de la Tierra del Caño Martín Peña, Directora de Participación Ciudadana y Desarrollo Social

MARIOLGA JULIÁ PACHECO dirige la Oficina de Participación Ciudadana y Desarrollo Social del Proyecto ENLACE del Caño Martín Peña. Fungió como Gerente de Proyectos Especiales del Fideicomiso de la Tierra, desde donde lideró el proceso para el otorgamiento de títulos de derecho de superficie a sus miembros. Mariolga ha sido clave en el desarrollo institucional y de gobernanza participativa de este instrumento de tenencia colectiva de la tierra, y es parte del equipo que llevó lo plasmado en una ley y reglamento a la práctica. Es egresada de la Escuela Graduada de Trabajo Social Beatriz Lasalle de la Universidad de Puerto Rico.

Fransuá Mar Otero Margary, Fideicomiso de Tierras Comunitarias para la Agricultura Sostenible, Coordinadora del Programa de Tierras

FRANSUÁ MAR OTERO MARGARY estudió Agricultura en el Colegio de Ciencias Agrícolas de Mayagüez, donde formó parte de un laboratorio cooperativo estudiantil conformado para promover el aprovechamiento de tierras universitarias land-grant por estudiantes sin tierra. Es promotora agroecológica y como Coordinadora del Programa de Tierras del FiTiCAS, apoya orientando y promoviendo entre titulares y agricultores el modelo de tenencia colectiva para adelantar la misión por formar comunes agroecológicos alrededor de la isla: tierras donde múltiples proyectos autónomos siembran la tierra que se gestiona y cuida en colectivo por quienes la trabajan.

Katia Avilés Vázquez, Fideicomiso por la Agroecología, Directora Ejecutiva

KATIA AVILÉS VÁZQUEZ es geógrafa, investigadora y activista comprometida con la defensa de la tierra, la agroecología y la soberanía alimentaria en el Caribe. Posee un doctorado (PhD) en geografía de The University of Texas at Austin. Actualmente es directora del Instituto para la Agroecología, Investigación y Acción de Puerto Rico (IALA-PR), organización que fundó en 2018, desde donde impulsa procesos de formación, investigación aplicada, escuelas de agroecología, redes de colaboración y estrategias comunitarias. Desde una práctica que integra investigación rigurosa, acción comunitaria y construcción de alternativas, Katia impulsa sistemas alimentarios justos, resilientes y en armonía con la tierra.

Mariana Reyes Anglero, Fideicomiso de La Loíza

MARIANA REYES ANGLERÓ es la directora ejecutiva y cofundadora de Taller Comunidad La Goyco en la calle Loíza. Previamente trabajó como periodista en radio, prensa y televisión en Puerto Rico y Nueva York. Ha sido productora de proyectos musicales y audiovisuales incluyendo el documental ¡Ahora sí, Tito Matos! por el cual recibió un Premio Emmy.

Andrea Del Mar Malavé Bonilla, Fideicomiso Tierra de Valientes de Vieques, Cogestora

ANDREA DEL MAR MALAVÉ BONILLA nació en San Juan, Puerto Rico y creció entre los municipios de Luquillo y Vieques. A los doce años se mudó permanentemente a la isla municipio de Vieques, Isla Nena, donde se involucró en varios movimientos de justicia social y de conciencia hacia el hábitat. Desde pequeña, estuvo expuesta a movimientos de paz, justicia social, respeto y conservación del ambiente. Actualmente, es Gestora Programática de la Alianza Mujeres Viequense, portavoz activa y colaboradora en otros proyectos comunitarios. Es creadora de contenido del Podcast, Pero Tú, No ibas a… Completó estudios en Ciencias Ambientales en la Universidad de Puerto Rico, Recinto de Río Piedras. En la actualidad, reside en Vieques y pertenece a otros grupos comunitarios, como el Fideicomiso Tierra de Valientes.

Marina Pineda Shokooh, Cooperativa de Vivienda La Torre de Sofía, Vicepresidenta

MARINA PINEDA SHOKOOH estudió Desarrollo Comunitario Sostenible en la Universidad de Massachusetts en Amherst. Actualmente se desempeña como Coordinadora de Programas de Urbanismo e Infraestructura en la Corporación del Proyecto ENLACE del Caño Martín Peña. Le apasiona el sentido de pertenencia, el derecho a la ciudad y la tenencia colectiva. Cuando se mudó a Río Piedras en el verano de 2024, se integró a los esfuerzos de la Cooperativa La Torre de Sofía con el deseo de apoyar y aprender sobre alternativas de acceso a la vivienda más justas y solidarias. Para Marina, la vivienda es un elemento fundamental para el arraigo y el desarrollo comunitario. Es activista, amante eterna del mar, y disfruta pasar tiempo con su gente querida, practicar yoga y leer.

Lyvia Rodríguez Del Valle, El Enjambre Colectivo, Cofundadora

LYVIA RODRÍGUEZ DEL VALLE es planificadora urbana con amplia experiencia ejecutiva y en política pública, y facilitadora de procesos participativos para una gobernanza democrática de lo común y el derecho a permanecer. Dirigió la corporación pública-comunitaria que implanta el Proyecto ENLACE del Caño Martín Peña, una iniciativa para el desarrollo integral de barrios populares en una zona céntrica de San Juan con 25,000 pobladorxs y la recuperación ambiental de un cuerpo de agua degradado. Dirigió también el Fideicomiso de la Tierra del Caño Martín Peña, instrumento comunitario ganador del Premio Mundial de Hábitat creado para regularizar la tenencia, evitar el desplazamiento ante presiones inmobiliarias y viabilizar el realojo de familias en su comunidad. Desde El Enjambre Colectivo, promueve el derecho a la ciudad, la tenencia colectiva de la tierra y las prácticas participativas y de educación popular, con énfasis en asentamientos autogestionados. Junto al Fideicomiso, acompaña procesos para sumar esa herramienta como opción de seguridad de la tenencia en Latinoamérica. Es profesora adjunta en la Universidad de Puerto Rico e integrante de las juntas directivas de Catalytic Communities y el International Center for Community Land Trusts.

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CLTs as a Tool for Community Wealth Building
2026-05-19 13:00 - 14:00 (America/Halifax)
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Research on CLTs as a Tool for Community Wealth Building and Closing the Racial Wealth Gap

The Greater Boston Community Land Trust Network hosted a dialogue exploring the role of community land trusts (CLTs) in advancing community wealth building and addressing racial wealth gaps.

Grounded in research by James Jennings, John Smith, and Ashley Harding, this session examined how CLTs function as tools for community economic development and long-term wealth creation. Through conversation, speakers reflected on key findings from the report and explored how these insights can inform policy, strengthen organizing efforts, and expand the impact of CLTs in practice.

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James Jennings, Tufts University, Professor Emeritus (US)

JAMES JENNINGS, PHD, Professor Emeritus at Tufts University, has published widely on race and urban affairs. He is the senior co-author for Community Land Trusts as a Tool for Community Wealth Building and Closing Racial Wealth Gaps. Recently, he also completed a research report for a local environmental justice organization, Alternatives for Community and Environment in Roxbury, Massachusetts; this report is titled, Environmental Justice, Fair Housing, and Fair Lending: Towards a Strategic Collaborative Model. He has worked with the Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative on several community empowerment activities and served as Researcher for its earlier Promise Neighborhoods Initiative.

John Smith, Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative, Executive Director (US)

JOHN SMITH serves as the Executive Director of the Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative (DSNI), the largest community land trust in Boston, with over 220 residential units. He is the co-author of a recent paper titled Community Land Trusts as a Tool for Community Wealth Building and Closing Racial Wealth Gaps.Prior to DSNI, John was Director of Programs at TSNE, a capacity building organization that partners with nonprofit organizations to provide the services, programs, and resources they need to support their communities. John has extensive experience in the nonprofit, government, education, and advocacy fields, and previously served as Policy Analyst in the Mayor’s Office of Economic Development for the City of Boston and held various roles with the Fair Housing Center of Greater Boston, the Hyams Foundation’s Youth Policy Initiative, the Tennessee Department of Health, and several universities. John is a graduate of Tufts University MPP program.

Minnie McMahon, Greater Boston CLT Network, Program Director (US)

MINNIE MCMAHON is Program Director for the Greater Boston Community Land Trust Network at Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative. She focuses on building strong, resilient ecosystems through facilitation, organizing, collaborative systems design, and education. Her background includes work on small farms and with other small businesses. She holds an M.A. in Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning from Tufts University. Minnie is a gardener and swimmer who believes that anything is possible when we honor ourselves and nourish our relationships.

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Book Talk: A Community Land Trust Digest — Legal and Social Commentaries
2026-05-19 16:00 - 17:30 UTC
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See publications from Terra Nostra Press (the CLT Center’s Imprint)

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The Center for Urban Science + Progress (CUSP) at NYU Tandon and the International Center for Community Land Trusts co-hosted a launch event for A Community Land Trust Digest: Legal and Social Commentaries, the first collection of articles on community land trusts with a legal focus, and a joint publication of the American Bar Association and Terra Nostra Press.

Contributors and editors joined for a discussion on what the book offers practitioners, attorneys, and advocates, and how its materials can support CLTs in New York City and beyond.

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Sheila R. Foster, Professor of Climate, Columbia Climate School

Manny Patole, Industry Assistant Professor, Center for Urban Science + Progress, NYU Tandon

Kristin King-Ries, Founder, King-Ries LLC — co-editor of the Digest and lead creator of the CLT US State Law Database

Boris Santos, President and Community Member Director, East New York Community Land Trust

About the Book

Over the past 50 years, the number of CLTs in the United States has grown from a handful in the 1970s to more than 350 today. Lawyers have been essential to this growth — assisting with incorporation, fine-tuning ground leases, negotiating with lenders and public funders, and contributing to the CLT literature alongside planners, architects, community organizers, and housing practitioners.

A Community Land Trust Digest brings together a selection of these previously published articles — appearing in print between 1982 and 2023 — for the first time in a single volume. Tracing the CLT model’s roots in the US Civil Rights Movement through its modern applications, the book features contributions from scholars and practitioners at Columbia, Yale, Notre Dame, UT Austin, UC Irvine, Vermont Law, NYU, Boston College, the University of Puerto Rico, and more.

Co-edited by Kristin King-Ries, Eliza Platts-Mills, and John Emeus Davis, the Digest is aimed at readers being introduced to CLTs for the first time as well as experienced practitioners looking to go deeper.

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European Network Feasibility Study Launch: Using the CLT Approach to Renovate Self-Built Neighborhood Cova da Moura (Portugal)
2026-05-20 15:00 - 16:15 (Europe/Helsinki)
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Upcycling Trust Project website

Video testimonials of the beneficiaries of the renovation pilots of CLT Brussels

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LIFE Arec project website exploring application of CLTs in collective district-level renovation schemes

The European Community Land Trust Network hosted a roundtable to launch a new feasibility study exploring the use of the CLT model to secure tenure and support the renovation of the self-built neighborhood of Cova da Moura in Lisbon, Portugal.

Developed through collaboration between the Cova da Moura Neighborhood Commission, ISCTE University, and international partners, the study examines how CLTs can be applied in a European context to enable community-led renovation. The session presented key findings across legal, financial, participatory, and urban planning dimensions, while situating the project within broader European policy frameworks, including the Renovation Wave.

Speakers also reflected on the role of CLTs in addressing risks of displacement during renovation processes and their potential to provide long-term affordability, housing security, and social impact. Drawing on examples from Lisbon and beyond, the discussion connected local experience to wider debates on sustainable and equitable urban transformation in Europe.

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Ricardo Carneiro, Estúdio Periférico, Architect and Researcher

Ricardo Carneiro is an architect, urban planner, and right-to-housing activist, and co-founder of Estúdio Periférico, a Lisbon-based collective working across architecture, urbanism, planning, housing, and urban policy. He holds a degree in Architecture from the University of Lisbon (FAUL). Alongside its practice, the studio maintains dedicated lines of work in timber construction and in the research and development of community-led, non-speculative housing models.

Joana Pestana Lages, DINÂMIA’CET–Iscte – Centre for Socioeconomic and Territorial Studies, Architect and Researcher

Joana Pestana Lages is an architect and researcher at DINÂMIA’CET–Iscte – Centre for Socioeconomic and Territorial Studies. She holds a degree in Architecture and a PhD in Urbanism from the University of Lisbon. Her research bridges Architecture and the Social Sciences, advancing participatory and research-by-design approaches to housing precarity, the right to housing, and spatial justice, with a particular focus on urban diversity and inequality.

Dali Malnoury, Community Land Trust Brussels, Advocacy & Project Officer

Dali Malnoury (he/him) works at the Community Land Trust Brussels. Trained as a political scientist, he is passionate about participatory democracy and the governance of commons. In his ongoing projects Upcycling Trust and AREC, he aims to develop replicable solutions to use energy renovation as a leverage for creating affordable housing while strengthening local communities.

Valentin Vaudoux, Rennes Métropole, Upcycling Trust Project Manager

Valentin Vaudoux is Project Manager for the European “Upcycling Trust” project at Rennes Métropole, where he works on building reuse, urban regeneration, and strategies for energy renovation and affordable housing. His work focuses on transforming existing building stock, particularly in degraded condominiums and priority neighbourhoods, and on developing permanently affordable housing models through the French “Bail Réel Solidaire”, inspired by Community Land Trust principles.

Before joining Rennes Métropole in 2025, he worked on housing rehabilitation and urban renewal projects with local authorities, focusing on degraded housing and neighbourhood improvement strategies. His interests focus on the connections between urban regeneration, social inclusion, energy transition, and long-term housing affordability.

Rylan Shewmaker, European Community Land Trust Network, Research and Innovation Lead

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Land, Justice and Community in Great Britain
2026-05-21 16:00 - 18:00 (Europe/Paris)
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South of Scotland Community Housing and the Community Land Trust Network of England and Wales co-hosted a session exploring the role of community land movements in addressing inequality and advancing community-led development across Great Britain.

While the UK is one of the wealthiest countries in the world, land and property ownership remain highly concentrated, contributing to inequalities in housing, economic opportunity, and access to land. This session examined how community land initiatives are responding by bringing land and buildings into local democratic control and developing them for community benefit.

Drawing on experiences from Scotland, England, and Wales, speakers provided an overview of the movement’s history, diversity, and current challenges, alongside grassroots perspectives from practitioners working in different contexts. The discussion highlighted how community ownership is being used to address housing need, support local economies, and strengthen long-term community resilience.

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Mike Staples, South of Scotland Community Housing, Chief Executive (Scotland)

Tom Chance, Community Land Trust Network of England and Wales (UK)

Chris Dalglish, South of Scotland Community Housing, Partnership and Learning Manager (Scotland)

Angela Williams, Langholm Initiative, Development Manager: Tarras Valley Nature Reserve (Scotland)

Megan MacInnes, Applecross Community Company, Local Development Manager (Scotland)

Casey Edwards Cwmpas, Community Led Housing Project Manager (Wales)

Gareth Ioan, YTC 4Llan, Director (Wales)

Sanab Hersi, Green Soul and Cardiff CLT, Director (Wales)

Nkechi Okeke, Brent CLT, Regeneration Manager (England)

Christine Eden, Marshfield CLT, Chair (England)

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Decolonizing Community Land Trusts in Canada
2026-05-26 13:00 - 14:30 (America/Halifax)
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Temiskaming District CLT Demonstration Project

The Canadian Network of Community Land Trusts hosted a panel exploring how CLTs can support processes of decolonization through community stewardship of land.

Bringing together land trust initiatives from across so-called Canada, this session highlighted how organizations are engaging with rematriation, Land Back, cultural resurgence, and housing justice within settler-colonial contexts. Speakers shared experiences from both established and emerging initiatives, including efforts to secure permanently affordable housing, support Indigenous-led governance, and reclaim land for cultural and ecological purposes.

Grounded in diverse regional experiences—from urban neighborhoods in Vancouver to Indigenous-led initiatives in Northern Ontario and Kingston—the discussion examined both the possibilities and tensions of using CLT models within existing legal and political systems. The session also reflected on key questions around governance, language, and the role of women and Two-Spirit leadership in shaping land stewardship practices.

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Cultural Land Trust (British Columbia)

The Cultural Land Trust is an emerging initiative in British Columbia focusing on securing space for artists and cultural organizations. Supported by 221A during its development phase, emerging research explores strategies land trusts can employ to foster reciprocal relationships with host nations.

Downtown Eastside Community Land Trust (British Columbia)

The Downtown Eastside Community Land Trust is working to secure permanently deeply affordable housing in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside neighbourhood. Founded in 2020 by local organizations—and guided by Indigenous leadership, Elders, and tenant voices—the organization frames community ownership as part of a broader effort to decolonize housing systems.

Temiskaming District Community Land Trust (Ontario)

The Temiskaming District Community Land Trust is forming to address housing insecurity faced by Indigenous women and Two-Spirit people in Northern Ontario. Grounded in land reclamation and matrilineal governance, the emerging land trust will be governed by and for Indigenous women and Two-Spirit people, enabling them to design, build, and steward their own housing.

All Our Relations Land Trust (Ontario)

All Our Relations Land Trust, founded in 2022, enables the urban Indigenous community to take direct action for biodiversity restoration and cultural resurgence in Katarokwi (Kingston, Ontario). Its flagship project, the Indigenous Food Sovereignty Garden, creates space for community cultivation, ceremony, and ecological restoration. In 2024, the land was gifted by the United Church of Canada, highlighting a meaningful example of reconciliation through land return.

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OFS/BRS : Une réponse à la crise du logement ?
2026-06-03 14:00 - 15:30 (Europe/Helsinki)
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Foncier Solidaire France a organisé une table ronde consacrée au dispositif OFS/BRS, adaptation française du modèle des community land trusts (CLT), et à son rôle dans la réponse à la crise du logement.

Développé pour répondre aux difficultés croissantes d’accès au logement, le modèle OFS/BRS repose sur la dissociation du foncier et du bâti afin de faciliter l’accession à la propriété pour les ménages à revenus modestes tout en limitant la spéculation. Cette session a examiné comment ce dispositif a permis de produire rapidement une offre de logements abordables, et comment il évolue aujourd’hui pour répondre aux enjeux de rénovation du parc existant.

À partir d’exemples concrets en France, les intervenants ont partagé leurs expériences et analyseront le rôle des OFS dans la mise en œuvre de solutions à la fois sociales et environnementales, notamment en matière de rénovation de logements et d’amélioration des conditions d’habitat. La discussion a permit également de situer ces dynamiques dans un cadre plus large de politiques publiques du logement et de transition écologique.

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On June 3, Foncier Solidaire France will host a roundtable exploring how the OFS/BRS model—France’s adaptation of the community land trust approach—is being used to address the housing crisis.

Developed in response to growing housing affordability challenges, the OFS/BRS model separates land ownership from housing to enable access to affordable homeownership while limiting speculation. This session will examine how the model has scaled in recent years to deliver housing for low- and moderate-income households, and how it is now evolving to address the renovation of existing housing stock.

Speakers will share experiences from across France, highlighting how OFS/BRS is being used to respond to both social and environmental challenges—including improving housing conditions and supporting climate-related renovation efforts. The discussion will connect these local experiences to broader questions around housing policy, affordability, and sustainable development.

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Juliette Grenier, Fédération des Coop’HLM, chargée de mission Accession et Copropriétés

Nathalie Demeslay, Rennes Métropoles, Responsable du Service Habitat

Jean-Baptiste Soulard, OFS de Plaine Commune, Directeur du Développement

Julien Gug, Procivis Alsace, Secrétaire Générale

Céline Priem, Logeo Promotion, Directrice Déléguée

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Meeting the Moment: Solidarity and Partnerships with Indigenous Peoples in the California CLT Movement
2026-06-09 13:00 - 14:30 (America/Denver)
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La California Community Land Trust Network organizó una sesión centrada en el intercambio de experiencias sobre cómo los CLTs están construyendo relaciones de solidaridad con comunidades indígenas en California.

Esta sesión presentó iniciativas lideradas y co-lideradas por comunidades indígenas que utilizan los community land trusts (CLT) para impulsar procesos de Land Back, rematriación (devolución de tierras ancestrales a las comunidades indígenas), reparaciones, soberanía alimentaria y revitalización cultural. A través de relatos y estudios de caso, las personas ponentes compartieron cómo estos esfuerzos se desarrollan mediante alianzas, construcción de coaliciones y formas de gobernanza comunitaria, así como los desafíos y oportunidades que enfrentan en el contexto político actual.

La conversación también abordó aprendizajes sobre cómo construir relaciones significativas con comunidades tribales y explorará el papel que los CLTs pueden desempeñar en el fortalecimiento del liderazgo y la autodeterminación indígena.

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The California Community Land Trust Network hosted a storytelling session exploring how CLTs are engaging in solidarity with Indigenous communities across California.

This session featured Indigenous-led and co-led initiatives using community land trusts to advance Land Back, rematriation, reparations, food sovereignty, and cultural revitalization. Through case-based storytelling, speakers shared how these efforts are being shaped through partnerships, coalition-building, and community-led governance, as well as the challenges and opportunities they are navigating in the current political context.

The discussion also highlighted lessons on building meaningful relationships with tribal communities and explored how CLTs can support Indigenous leadership and self-determination.

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Darlene Franco, Wukchumni Community Land Trust, Tribal Chairperson & Chief Executive Officer of Wukchumni Tribe

DARLENE FRANCO has worked all her life in Native communities, including directing statewide Native language revitalization programs, coaching Native youth sports teams, leading health and wellness cultural programs, providing cultural curriculum development, and teaching and practicing her Tribe’s culture and running ceremonies for her people. She is a member of the Wukchumni Tribe, whose ancestral homelands are near what is today known as Visalia in Tulare County. For the past year, Darlene has been attending California Truth and Healing Council (CTHC) sessions throughout the state to learn about other California Native Americans’ successes and struggles. She also regularly participates in agricultural groups and activities, from basketry workshops to Traditional Ecological Knowledge programs.

Aerin Monroe, Pathways of Purpose, Co-Founder & Co-Director of Pathways of Purpose & LFL Community Land Trust

AERIN MONROE is a writer, media producer, agroecologist and environmental consultant with his BA in Environmental Studies and Community Organizing from Cal Poly Humboldt. With a horticultural, natural landscaping and organic farming background, Aerin’s work is focused on Afro- Indigenous foodways and land stewardship, climate resilience, environmental justice, sustainable food systems, regenerative agriculture, ecosystem restoration and sovereignty for BIPOC communities. Pathways of Purpose theory of change is inspired by his vocational identity development process and unique educational path in Environmental Justice and Advocacy.

Ruth Wortman, Humboldt Healthy Families & LFL Community Land Trust Partner, Founder

RUTH WORTMAN is of many nations both Native and non-Native. She is of Yurok, Tolowa Dee-ni’, Mattole and Wiyot descent. She is the cultural coordinator for Sorrel Leaf Healing Center and founder of Humboldt Healthy Families. Ruth participated in restoring the Salmon Ceremony for the local Tribal communities. Along with her professional life, Ruth is a mother, ceremony leader, cultural bearer for traditional practices and lifeways, tending to and weaving community wellness regionally, with cultural revitalization and recovery pathways for intertribal Native families, Women and Two-Spirit communities.

Alice Lincoln-Cook, FireKeepers Alliance & LFL Community Land Trust Partner, Co-Founder

ALICE LINCOLN-COOK (Karuk) draws on a lifetime of working as an independent artist, traditional basketweaver, culture bearer, and cultural fire expert: she is passionate about teaching the practices she grew up with to help others manage ancestral lands and waters in a good way, that is healthy for our people and our culture. Prior to serving as President and Board Member with the California Indian Basketweavers Association (CIBA) for eight terms where she coordinated multiple basketweaving conferences and outreach events, Alice taught basketweaving to California Native Tribal members, and worked with local schools, nonprofits, and state and federal agencies throughout the Pacific Northwest. Alice was instrumental in reviving CIBA’s Following the Smoke program, an inter-agency training retreat that brought hundreds of Tribal practitioners and affiliates together to connect good fire with traditional land management practices. Since obtaining her Basic 32 Red Card firefighting certification, Alice has become a highly sought-after speaker at universities, conferences, and Basic 32 fire training programs both in California and nationally.

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Land and Justice: First Nations Housing and CLTs in Australia
2026-06-10 09:00 - 10:30 (Australia/Melbourne)
This event is part of the 2026 Global Community Land Trust (CLT) Virtual Summit, a six-week series of online events from May 5 – June 10. Explore the full program and register for more events here.

On June 10, as the final event in the 2026 Global CLT Virtual Summit, the Australian Community Land Trust Network will host a panel exploring the role of CLTs in advancing First Nations housing and land justice in Australia.

Bringing together practitioners, advocates, and researchers, this session will highlight emerging First Nations-led CLT initiatives and recent research supporting the relevance of CLTs in Indigenous housing contexts. Speakers will share how Country-centred, community-led approaches are being developed in response to ongoing housing challenges, alongside the policy barriers that continue to shape the movement.

The discussion will also examine how these experiences contribute to broader conversations on decolonizing housing systems and inform future directions for CLTs in Australia and across the Global South.

Designed for CLT practitioners, policymakers, researchers, and the broader public, this session will offer insights into how CLTs can support Indigenous leadership and community-led housing solutions. The event will be conducted in English, with interpretation available in Spanish and live captions available in 60+ languages to support accessibility.

The global #CLTVirtualSummit2026 is a six-week series of free online events running May 5 – June 10, 2026, and anchored by World CLT Day on May 15. Organized by CLT and community land networks from around the world, the summit brings together practitioners, residents, organizers, and allies to reclaim and honor the Black and Indigenous leadership traditions that gave rise to the CLT model and continue to shape community land stewardship globally.

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Australian CLT Network

Blue Mountains CLT

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Our Land, Our Survival: Communities Mobilizing Against Land Grabbing and Dispossession
2026-06-16 11:00 - 12:30 (America/Halifax)
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Book: Our Land, Our Survival (Terra Nostra Press)

Support Barbuda’s land defenders (GLAN)

Fideicomiso de la Tierra del Caño Martín Peña

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Webinar Description

Across the globe, communities are confronting intensifying pressures, from climate disasters and speculative development to militarization and extractive investment, that threaten collective land, self-determination, and survival. In this context, alternative land tenure systems are not only policy tools, but acts of resistance.

The International Center for Community Land Trusts hosted a discussion centered around Our Land, Our Survival, by Dr Line Algoed and published by Terra Nostra Press. Drawing on cases from Barbuda and Puerto Rico after the 2017 hurricanes, the book shows how communal land systems become powerful tools to resist land grabbing, community displacement, and disaster capitalism.

We were especially honored to welcome Leilani Farha, Global Director of The Shift and former UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing, who opened the session with remarks on land as resistance in the face of the global land rush. Her presentation framed the broader discussion on housing, land, and human rights.

Moderated by Amber Khan (University of Washington, US), the webinar featured perspectives from:

Line Algoed, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Postdoctoral Researcher (Belgium)

Jackie Frank, Barbuda Land Rights and Resources Committee (Barbuda)

Mario Núñez Mercado, Caño Martín Peña CLT, Executive Director (Puerto Rico)

Together, the speakers explored how communities are implementing alternative land tenure systems to push back against dispossession and defend land as more than property.

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Speakers

Line Algoed, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Postdoctoral Researcher (Belgium)

DR LINE ALGOED is a researcher and educator at Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) whose work focuses on land governance, climate justice, and community-led resistance to displacement. Her research examines how communal and collective land systems function as tools of protection and self-determination in contexts marked by disaster, speculation, and extractive development.

Drawing on long-term engagement with communities in Puerto Rico and Barbuda, Dr Algoed explores how alternative land tenure systems can serve not only as mechanisms of housing provision, but as strategies of resistance against land grabbing, disaster capitalism, and colonial or imperial pressures. She works at the intersection of urban studies, political ecology, and human rights, with a particular interest in how land can be defended as a shared and living resource.

She is the author of Our Land, Our Survival, recently published by Terra Nostra Press, which documents community struggles to protect collective land in the wake of the 2017 hurricanes.

Leilani Farha, The Shift and former UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing, Global Director (Canada)

LEILANI FARHA is the Global Director of The Shift, an international movement to secure the right to housing, and served as the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing from 2014 to 2020. A lawyer and global advocate, her work focuses on housing as a human right and on confronting the financialization of housing and land. During her UN mandate, Leilani investigated housing conditions across the world, examining how global capital, speculation, and extractive economic systems impact communities’ ability to remain in their homes. She has been a leading voice in reframing housing and land as social goods rather than commodities, calling for systemic reforms that center human rights, dignity, and community control.

Leilani is also the Executive Producer of the documentary Push, which highlights the global housing crisis and grassroots resistance movements. Through The Shift, she works with governments, cities, civil society organizations, and community leaders to advance rights-based housing policy and protect communities from displacement.

Jackie Frank, Barbuda Land Rights and Resources Committee (Barbuda)

JACKIE FRANK is a community leader and advocate from Barbuda dedicated to defending the island’s communal land system and advancing local self-determination. Following the devastation of Hurricane Irma in 2017, she became actively involved in efforts to protect Barbuda’s centuries-old system of collective land ownership from privatization and external development pressures.

As Barbuda has faced growing threats of land grabbing and large-scale speculative projects, Jackie has worked alongside community members to raise awareness of the importance of communal tenure as a foundation for cultural survival, economic resilience, and environmental stewardship. Her advocacy emphasizes land not as a commodity, but as a shared inheritance that sustains identity, livelihood, and collective rights. Through grassroots organizing and public engagement, she continues to support community-led resistance to displacement and to promote models of land governance rooted in accountability, participation, and long-term stewardship.

Amber Khan, University of Washington, Postdoctoral Scholar (US)

AMBER KHAN, PhD, MPH is an applied interdisciplinary disaster scholar focused on community-led solutions to the climate crisis, centering on community-led land use and policy, affordable housing, and preventing displacement and gentrification. In her current role as a postdoctoral scholar at the University of Washington, she leads an international study with the International Center for CLTs on the application of CLTs in building climate and disaster resilience. In her role as a participatory action research fellow at the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee (UUSC), she designs and conducts research on climate displacement, migration, and resettlement with Indigenous-led organizations.

Mario Núñez Mercado, Caño Martín Peña CLT, Executive Director (Puerto Rico)

MARIO NÚÑEZ MERCADO is the Executive Director of both the Fideicomiso de la Tierra del Caño Martín Peña and the Corporación del Proyecto ENLACE del Caño Martín Peña. A community leader for more than 25 years, he rose through the ranks of the G-8 — the community-based organization representing the eight neighborhoods along the Caño Martín Peña waterway — serving as its president, treasurer, and spokesperson before joining the board of ENLACE as vice president. He assumed executive leadership of both entities in September 2019, a transition that was itself an expression of the project’s community empowerment model: the first community leader to hold the role. The Corporación del Proyecto ENLACE leads the integrated development plan for the Caño Martín Peña district, working to restore a vital urban waterway while improving infrastructure and quality of life for residents. The Fideicomiso de la Tierra is the collective land tenure instrument that ensures those residents cannot be displaced as their neighborhood improves. Mario has been a resident of the Las Monjas community within the district throughout his life.
