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SUMMARY:OFS/BRS : Une réponse à la crise du logement ?
DESCRIPTION: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.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nINSCRIVEZ-VOUS – REGISTER HERE\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFRANÇAIS \n\n\n\nLe 3 de juin\, Foncier Solidaire France organisera 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. \n\n\n\nDéveloppé 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 examinera 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. \n\n\n\nÀ partir d’exemples concrets en France\, les intervenants partageront 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 permettra également de situer ces dynamiques dans un cadre plus large de politiques publiques du logement et de transition écologique. \n\n\n\nDestinée aux praticiens des CLT\, aux décideurs publics\, aux chercheurs et aux acteurs du secteur\, cette session apportera des éléments concrets sur la manière dont des modèles inspirés des CLT peuvent être adaptés à différents contextes juridiques et institutionnels. L’événement se déroulera en français\, avec interprétation en anglais et des sous-titres en direct disponibles dans plus de 60 langues afin de garantir l’accessibilité. \n\n\n\nLa #CLTVirtualSummit2026 globale est une série d’événements en ligne gratuits qui se déroulent sur six semaines\, du 5 mai au 10 juin 2026\, avec le World CLT Day comme moment central le 15 mai. Organisée par des réseaux de CLT et des organisations partenaires à travers le monde\, le summet réunit praticiens\, résidents\, organisateurs et alliés pour partager des enseignements et renforcer le mouvement mondial de gestion communautaire du foncier\, en honorant les traditions de leadership noir et autochtone à l’origine du modèle. \n\n\n\n\n\nENGLISH \n\n\n\nOn 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. \n\n\n\nDeveloped 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. \n\n\n\nSpeakers 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. \n\n\n\nDesigned for CLT practitioners\, policymakers\, researchers\, and sector partners\, this session will provide insights into how CLT-inspired models can be adapted within different legal and institutional contexts to deliver at scale. The event will be conducted in French\, with interpretation available in English and live captions available in 60+ languages to support accessibility. \n\n\n\nThe 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. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeakers\n\n\n\n\nJuliette Grenier\, Fédération des Coop’HLM\, chargée de mission Accession et Copropriétés\n\n\n\nNathalie Demeslay\, Rennes Métropoles\, Responsable du Service Habitat\n\n\n\nJean-Baptiste Soulard\, OFS de Plaine Commune\, Directeur du Développement \n\n\n\nJulien Gug\, Procivis Alsace\, Secrétaire Générale\n\n\n\nCéline Priem\, Logeo Promotion\, Directrice Déléguée \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEvent Organizers\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSupport this work\n\n\n\nThe CLT Center convenes practitioners\, researchers\, and communities from different regions to share experiences and strengthen the CLT movement globally. This event is free and open to all. If you’re in a position to support our work\, your contribution helps us continue offering free events\, resources\, and peer exchange opportunities across contexts. \n\n\n\n\nSupport Our Work
URL:https://www.cltweb.org/event/gcltvs2026-france/
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SUMMARY:Meeting the Moment: Solidarity and Partnerships with Indigenous Peoples in the California CLT Movement
DESCRIPTION: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.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nREGÍSTRASE • REGISTER HERE\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nESPAÑOL \n\n\n\nEl 9 de junio\, la California Community Land Trust Network organizará una sesión centrada en el intercambio de experiencias sobre cómo los CLTs están construyendo relaciones de solidaridad con comunidades indígenas en California. \n\n\n\nEsta sesión presentará 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 compartirán 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. \n\n\n\nLa conversación también abordará 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. Se invitará a las personas participantes a reflexionar sobre sus propias experiencias e identificar caminos para fortalecer la solidaridad y la acción colectiva. \n\n\n\nDirigido a practicantes de CLTs\, miembros de comunidades y personas interesadas en la justicia territorial y de vivienda\, este espacio ofrecerá aprendizajes prácticos y oportunidades de intercambio. El evento se llevará a cabo en inglés\, con interpretación al español y subtítulos en vivo disponibles en más de 60 idiomas para garantizar la accesibilidad. \n\n\n\nLa #CLTVirtualSummit2026 global es una serie de eventos en línea gratuitos que se desarrollan a lo largo de seis semanas\, del 5 de mayo al 10 de junio de 2026\, con el World CLT Day como momento central el 15 de mayo. Organizada por redes de CLTs y organizaciones aliadas de distintas regiones del mundo\, el summit reúne a profesionales\, residentes\, organizadores y aliados para compartir aprendizajes y fortalecer el movimiento global de gestión comunitaria de la tierra\, honrando las tradiciones de liderazgo negro e indígena que dieron origen al modelo. \n\n\n\n\n\nENGLISH \n\n\n\nOn June 9\, the California Community Land Trust Network will host a storytelling session exploring how CLTs are engaging in solidarity with Indigenous communities across California. \n\n\n\nThis session will feature 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 will share 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. \n\n\n\nThe discussion will also highlight lessons on building meaningful relationships with tribal communities and explore how CLTs can support Indigenous leadership and self-determination. Participants will be invited to reflect on their own experiences and identify pathways for strengthening solidarity and collective action. \n\n\n\nDesigned for CLT practitioners\, community members\, and others engaged in land and housing justice\, this session will offer grounded insights and opportunities for shared learning. The event will be conducted in English\, with interpretation available in Spanish and live captions available in 60+ languages to support accessibility. \n\n\n\nThe 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. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeakers\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCorrina Gould\, Sogorea Te’ Land Trust\, Co-Director\n\n\n\nCORRINA 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. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDarlene Franco\, Wukchumni Community Land Trust\, Tribal Chairperson & Chief Executive Officer of Wukchumni Tribe\n\n\n\nDARLENE 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. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAerin Monroe\, Pathways of Purpose\, Co-Founder & Co-Director of Pathways of Purpose & LFL Community Land Trust\n\n\n\nAERIN 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.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRuth Wortman\, Humboldt Healthy Families & LFL Community Land Trust Partner\, Founder\n\n\n\nRUTH 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. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAlice Lincoln-Cook\, FireKeepers Alliance & LFL Community Land Trust Partner\, Co-Founder\n\n\n\nALICE 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. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEvent Organizers\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSupport this work\n\n\n\nThe CLT Center convenes practitioners\, researchers\, and communities from different regions to share experiences and strengthen the CLT movement globally. This event is free and open to all. If you’re in a position to support our work\, your contribution helps us continue offering free events\, resources\, and peer exchange opportunities across contexts. \n\n\n\n\nSupport Our Work
URL:https://www.cltweb.org/event/gcltvs2026-california/
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SUMMARY:Land and Justice: First Nations Housing and CLTs in Australia
DESCRIPTION: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.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOn 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. \n\n\n\nBringing 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. \n\n\n\nThe 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. \n\n\n\nDesigned 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. \n\n\n\nThe 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. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nREGISTER HERE\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeakers\n\n\n\n\nAustralian CLT Network\n\n\n\nBlue Mountains CLT\n\n\n\nWilya Janta\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEvent Organizer\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSupport this work\n\n\n\nThe CLT Center convenes practitioners\, researchers\, and communities from different regions to share experiences and strengthen the CLT movement globally. This event is free and open to all. If you’re in a position to support our work\, your contribution helps us continue offering free events\, resources\, and peer exchange opportunities across contexts. \n\n\n\n\nSupport Our Work
URL:https://www.cltweb.org/event/gcltvs2026-australia/
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SUMMARY:Our Land\, Our Survival: Communities Mobilizing Against Land Grabbing and Dispossession
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER HERE\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFREE DOWNLOAD: INTRO TO OUR LAND\, OUR STRUGGLE\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWebinar Description\n\n\n\nAcross 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. \n\n\n\nThe International Center for Community Land Trusts invites you to a conversation 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. \n\n\n\nWe are especially honored to welcome Leilani Farha\, Global Director of The Shift and former UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing\, who will open the session with remarks on land as resistance in the face of the global land rush. Her presentation will frame the broader discussion on housing\, land\, and human rights. \n\n\n\nModerated by Amber Khan (University of Washington\, US)\, the webinar will feature perspectives from: \n\n\n\n\nLine Algoed\, Vrije Universiteit Brussel\, Postdoctoral Researcher (Belgium)\n\n\n\nJackie Frank\, Barbuda Land Rights and Resources Committee (Barbuda)\n\n\n\nMariolga Juliá Pacheco\, Caño Martín Peña CLT\, Director of the Office of Participation Citizenship and Social Development; Community leader\, (Puerto Rico)\n\n\n\n\nTogether\, the speakers will explore how communities are implementing alternative land tenure systems to push back against dispossession and defend land as more than property. The webinar will be conducted with simultaneous interpretation in English and Spanish\, with multilingual subtitles added to the recording when it is published on YouTube. \n\n\n\nSupport this work\n\n\n\nThe CLT Center convenes practitioners\, researchers\, and communities from different regions to share experiences and strengthen the CLT movement globally. This event is free and open to all. If you’re in a position to support our work\, your contribution helps us continue offering free events\, resources\, and peer exchange opportunities across contexts. \n\n\n\n\nSupport Our Work\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeakers\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLine Algoed\, Vrije Universiteit Brussel\, Postdoctoral Researcher (Belgium) \n\n\n\nDR 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. \n\n\n\nDrawing 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. \n\n\n\nShe 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. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLeilani Farha\, The Shift and former UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing\, Global Director (Canada) \n\n\n\nLEILANI 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. \n\n\n\nLeilani 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. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJackie Frank\, Barbuda Land Rights and Resources Committee (Barbuda) \n\n\n\nJACKIE 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. \n\n\n\nAs 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. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAmber Khan\, University of Washington\, Postdoctoral Scholar (US) \n\n\n\nAMBER 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. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMariolga Juliá Pacheco\, Caño Martín Peña CLT\, Director of the Office of Participation Citizenship and Social Development; Community leader\, (Puerto Rico) \n\n\n\nMARIOLGA JULIÁ PACHECO is a community leader with the Caño Martín Peña CLT in San Juan\, Puerto Rico. She has been deeply involved in the community’s decades-long struggle to secure collective land tenure as a foundation for environmental restoration\, housing stability\, and self-determination. \n\n\n\nEmerging from a grassroots movement led by residents of the Caño Martín Peña district\, the CLT was established to prevent displacement and protect affordability while advancing large-scale ecological rehabilitation of the Martín Peña channel. Mariolga has played an important role in community organizing\, resident leadership development\, and advocacy to defend the CLT model as a tool for both climate resilience and social justice. \n\n\n\nHer work highlights how collective land ownership can serve as a powerful mechanism to resist land speculation\, strengthen community governance\, and ensure that long-term redevelopment benefits existing residents rather than displacing them. Through her leadership\, she continues to advance land as a shared resource rooted in dignity\, participation\, and collective survival.
URL:https://www.cltweb.org/event/our-land-our-survival-communities-mobilizing-land-grabbing-dispossession/
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