News coverage of community land trusts from 2021, most recent first.
- Ruan Minor Cornwall Community Land Trust scheme, BBC News, December 23, 2021
- Land trust to build 16 affordable homes in Portland, Jessica Hall, Mainebiz, December 22, 2021
- Rent strikes, protests pay off: Oakland tenants convince landlord to sell building – local land trust will buy for $3.3 million, Marisa Kendall, Bay Area News Group, December 20, 2021
- Houston-area community land trusts could help fill a widening gap in housing affordability, Jen Rice, Houston Public Media (University of Houston), December 17, 2021
- Community Land Trust Brussels receives World Habitat Gold Award, World Habitat, December 16, 2021
- Community Land Trust as a Way Forward on Affordability?, David Greenwald, The Davis Vanguard, December 14, 2021
- Muskoka Community Land Trust seeks support to create more affordable housing options, Doppler Online, December 13, 2022
- Can this innovative housing model help solve California’s affordable housing crisis?, PBS Newshour, December 11, 2021
- Five affordable houses are coming to the Globeville Elyria-Swansea community, Desiree Mathurin, Denverite, December 9, 2021
- Envisioning Radical Empathy for Community Land Ownership and Prosperity, Tony Pickett, Nonprofit Quarterly, December 8, 2021
- Affordable housing is a hot commodity — and a new Ottawa land trust wants to counter that, Taylor Blewett, Ottawa Citizen, December 8, 2021
- Community Land Trusts in Latin America: Dialogues Between Brazil and Puerto Rico, Felipe Listed, RioOnWatch, December 7, 2021
- Canada invests in projects to demonstrate Community Land Trust Solutions for Affordable Housing, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, December 1, 2021
- Land Banks and Community Land Trusts – Partnering to Provide Equitable Housing Opportunities Now and for Future Generations, Kim Graziani, Center for Community Progress, December 2021
- Community Land Trust could help alleviate local affordable housing crisis, Yvette Hammett, 83 Degrees, November 30, 2021
- Blacksburg housing: town staff hope to have a land trust proposal soon, Yann Ranaivo, The Roanoke Times, November 28, 2021
- Review of On Common Ground, Jeffrey Lowe, Journal of the American Planning Association, November 24, 2021
- Island Housing Trust to build Meshacket neighborhood, The Martha’s Vineyard Times, November 23, 2021
- Buying a House Feels Impossible These Days. Here Are 6 Innovative Paths to Homeownership, Abby Vesoulis, Time Magazine, November 22, 2021
- A refuge from high housing costs, Sitka’s land trust neighborhood is growing two cottages at a time, KCAW News, November 19, 2021
- Community Land Trusts aid housing affordability, Yarrow Brown, Traverse City Record Eagle, November 14, 2021
- Menlo Park to consider forming a community land trust to enable affordable homeownership, Kate Bradshaw, The Almanac, November 12, 2021
- East New York is not for sale: community land trust movement sees hope in racial justice commission, Ben Brachfeld, Brooklyn Paper, November 10, 2021
- Community Land Trusts Provide What ARPA Seeks to Foster, Matt Weber, National League of Cities, November 8, 2021
- The Sanders Institute releases video on the Champlain Housing Trust, Sanders Institute, November 3, 2021
- Housing Can Be Made More Affordably and More Equitably, Gabrielle Filisko, National Association of Realtors, November 3, 2021
- Community Land Trust Definition, Kiara Taylor, Investopedia, November 1, 2021
- “It was his last wish,” Binghampton family fulfills wish of deceased father and purchases home thanks to Binghampton Community Land Trust, Jen Diprizio, ABC24, November 1, 2021
- Southside Community Land Trust’s New Providence Headquarters to Invest in Healthy Food, Caitlin Faulds, ecoRI, October 27, 2021
- Dwelling Place pursues 47-unit community land trust housing in southeast Grand Rapids, Kate Carlson, MiBiz, October 24, 2021
- How a New Orleans community land trust is providing permanently affordable housing and supporting Black entrepreneurs, Julius Kimbrough, Jr., The Brookings Institution, October 22, 2021
- Baltimore’s Community Land Trusts Offer a Pathway to Housing Justice, Jaisal Door, YES! Magazine, October 22, 2021
- 1st Public Hearing on Favela Community Land Trusts Held by Rio de Janeiro City Council, Maria Fernanda Godhinho, RioOnWatch, October 21, 2021
- These Groups Are Trying To Slow Gentrification In Logan Square And Hermosa — One Affordable Home At A Time, Mina Bloom, Block Club Chicago, October 14, 2021
- An Indigenous Community Land Trust Rises: Making Land Back a Reality, Michelle Vassel and David Cobb, Nonprofit Quarterly, October 13, 2021
- Africatown Community Land Trust Acquires Land For Affordable Housing Development, The Seattle Medium, October 13, 2021
- Kôr Community Land Trust to break ground on its second net-zero affordable community, Crescita, KTVZ News, October 8, 2021
- BK Talks: Building Together! concepts and tools for shared futures, a video featuring Geert De Pauw and Michael LaFond, TU Delft Faculty of Architecture, October 7, 2021
- As Houston’s housing market booms, a nonprofit is looking for ways to keep homes affordable, Sara Willa Ernst, Houston Public Media (University of Houston), October 7, 2021
- A Community Land Trust for Lambertville The Solution to the City’s Affordable Housing Crisis, Leah Hunt, TAPintoFlemington/Raritan, October 6, 2021
- How community control of housing and land can help solve the housing crisis, Jessica Kutz, High County News, October 5, 2021
- The Transformative Potential of Community Land Trusts, Peter Sabonis, Nonprofit Quarterly, September 29, 2021
- Virginia now has a statewide community land trust. Can it help solve the housing crisis?, Wyatt Gordon, Virginia Mercury, September 29, 2021
- Walton’s blueprint counts on land trusts – not developers – for affordable housing, Deidre Williams, The Buffalo News, September 28, 2021
- Berlin referendum: Could a community land trust be the blueprint to give power back to citizens? Emily Manthei, EuroNews, September 25, 2021
- CFEA launches community land trust, $5 Million partnership with county, Independent Tribune, September 23, 2021
- Bronx group urges city to turn vacant land into community land trust, News 12, September 19, 2021
- How community land trusts can help stem affordable housing crisis, Zachary Rosen, News6 Orlando, September 16, 2021
- Revisiting community control of land and housing in the wake of COVID-19, Thomas Hanna, Democracy Collaborative, September 8, 2021
- How to give the land back, Aaron Fernando, ShareAble, September 7, 2021
- Favela CLT National Seminar, Part 2: International Examples, Potentialities and Challenges, Gabriela Buffon Vargas, Julio Santos Filho, RioOnWatch, September 5, 2021
- City to host meetings about proposed community land trust, William West, Rocky Mount Telegram, September 5, 2021
- Chinatown CLT’s first permanently affordable preserved homes! Chinatown Community Land Trust, September 4, 2021
- Baltimore City Announces Funding For Community Land Trusts, CBS Baltimore, September 3, 2021
- City Announces Funding Availability of $4 Million for Community Land Trusts, City of Baltimore, September 3, 2021
- Douglass Community Land Trust Wants to Lead the Way in SW, Bailey Vogt, Washington City Paper, September 2, 2021
- New affordable opportunities celebrated in Chinatown, City of Boston, August 18, 2021
- What City Leaders Need to Know About Community Land Trusts, Natasha Leonard and Lauren Lowery, National League of Cities, August 17, 2021
- When home prices soar, a community-based land trust helps keep them affordable for first-time buyers, Jennifer Hoff, KARE 11, August 13, 2021
- “Real Power is in the Land”: Community Land Trusts—Past, Present and Future, Julia Duranti-Martínez, LISC, August 11, 2021
- An Unusual Community Land Trust in Colorado Is Making Its Mark, Oscar Perry Abello, Next City, August 10, 2021
- L.A. County Community Land Trusts Picking Up Momentum In Preserving Affordable Housing, Joe Linton, StreetsBlog LA, August 10, 2021
- A Model for Truly Affordable Housing, Myers Reece, Flathead Beacon, August 4, 2021
- SHELTERFORCE MAGAZINE: Community Ownership Takes Center Stage
- Cooperatives and Community Land Trusts: Natural Partners?, Jake Blumgart, August 3, 2021
- Durham’s Community Land Trust Allows Generations of Families to Continue Living in Their Hometown, Linda Childers, July 21, 2021
- Western Queens CLT: Looking to Start Big, and Not With Residential Units, Aaron Kunkler, July 26, 2021
- Proud Ground: When Land Is Expensive, Look Outside the City, Aaron Kunkler, July 21, 2021
- Keeping Community Control as Community Land Trusts Grow, Miriam Axel-Lute, July 20, 2021
- Community Land Trusts: Combining Scale and Community Control, Emily Thaden and Tony Pickett, July 19, 2021
- Champlain Housing Trust: Breadth and Depth, Miriam Axel-Lute, July 19, 2021
- First a Park, Then a Citywide Land Trust in D.C., Linda Childers, July 13, 2021
- Scaling Up: How Some Community Land Trusts Are Getting Bigger, Miriam Axel-Lute, July 13, 2021
- Interboro CLT: A Committed Pipeline from Powerhouse Community Development Groups, Aaron Kunkler, July 13, 2021
- Atlanta Land Trust—From Central Server to a Centralized CLT, Brandon Duong, July 12, 2021
- Understanding Community Land Trusts, Miriam Axel-Lute, July 12, 2021
- Housing Solutions—Centering Community in Ownership, Control, and Long-Term Affordability, Miriam Axel-Lute, July 9, 2021
- California Puts up $500 Million for Community Ownership Against Big Real Estate, Oscar Perry Abello, Next City, July 27, 2021
- Building Affordability in High Cost and Disaster Areas though Community Land Trusts and Manufactured Housing, Housing Land Trust of Sonoma County in collaboration with Fannie Mae, July 20, 2021
- West Side Community Land Trust completes its first affordable home in Enderly Park, Sarafina Wright, City Metro, July 19, 2021
- Atlanta Land Trust creates affordable housing for low-income households near Atlanta BeltLine, other neighborhoods, Hunter Gilmore, The Atlanta Voice, July 9, 2021
- Communal land and ownership — A conversation with Pittsburgh affordable housing advocates, Jourdan Hicks and Andy Kubis, PublicSource, July 2, 2021
- Community land trust purchases first property, eyes empty Caltrans homes, Ryann Blackshere Vargas, Spectrum News 1, July 9, 2021
- New Communities and community land trusts in movements for Black lives, land and liberation, Shirley Sherrod et al., Local Housing Initiatives Support Corporation, June 29, 2021
- City of Toronto to transfer TCHC’s single-family housing to non-profit housing sector, City of Toronto press release, June 25, 2021
- Community land trusts: a solution to the global housing crisis, Carrick Reddin, World Economic Forum, June 25, 2021
- NEP launches Community Land Trust campaign, Stephon Johnson, New York Amsterdam News, June 24, 2021
- Douglass Community Land Trust to Spur Housing at New Reeves Center, James Wright Jr., The Washington Informer, June 23, 2021
- Hannibal Square Community Land Trust aims to even out homeownership disparities, Molly Duerig, Spectrum News 13, June 18, 2021
- Next phase progresses for establishing Community Land Trusts across Brazil, World Habitat, June 14, 2021
- Community Land Trusts and the Struggle for the Right to the City: Dialogue on Rio and Mozambique, Tomás Aboim, RioOnWatch, June 11, 2021
- New Agreement, Funding Pave Way For Land Trust Focused On North St. Louis Green Spaces, Evie Hemphill, St. Louis Public Radio, June 1, 2021
- Community Land Trusts and Informal Settlements: Assessing the Feasibility of CLT Instruments Developed by the Caño Martin Peña Communities in Puerto Rico for Favelas in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Line Algoed, Alejandro Cotté Morales, Tarcyla Fidalgo Ribeiro, María E. Hernández Torrales, Lyvia Rodríguez Del Valle, and Theresa Williamson, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, May 2021
- New St. Louis community land trust aims to add green space, spur development to fight vacancy, Jacob Barker, St. Louis Post Dispatch, May 28, 2021
- The Social Housing Movement Picks Up Steam: old models of affordability gain new momentum, but scaling up remains a struggle, Kathryn Brenzel, The Real Deal, May 26, 2021
- Partners for Dignity and Rights Releases Resource Toolkit on Creating Community Controlled, Deeply Affordable Housing, May 18, 2021
- West Side land trust and demolition fund would be first of its kind in San Antonio, Madison Iszler, My San Antonio, May 4, 2021
- Marlborough Community Land Trust brings hope and ownership to its community, Savannah Hawley, Pitch Magazine, April 26, 2021
- Mayor Bowser Announces Community Land Trust Approach to Revitalize Langston-Slater Schools Site, Executive Office of the Mayor of the District of Columbia, April 20, 2021
- Affordable Housing Forever: nonprofits that purchase land, build homes on it and sell them below market rate are giving low-income buyers a chance, The New York Times, April 15, 2021
- Community land trust helps Sitka mom build a home of her own, Erin McKinstry, Alaska Public Media, April 5, 2021
- New York City considers a bold idea to keep people from being pushed out of their homes, Abigail Savitch-Lew, The Appeal, March 29, 2021
- El Barrio Community Land Trust To Renovate 4 City-Owned Buildings To Affordable Housing In Harlem, Vanessa Londono, New York YIMBY, March 5, 2021
- Non-profit offering new rent-to-own program for homebuyers, Terrance Dixon, NBC12, March 4, 2021
- A Habitat Chapter Embraces Community Land Trusts in the Big Apple, Steve Dubb, Nonprofit Quarterly, February 18, 2021
- Community Land Trusts Get a California Makeover, Katherine McKeen, The Regulatory Review, February 17, 2021
- How Community Land Trusts Could Make Los Angeles More Affordable, Zoie Matthew, LAist, February 2, 2021
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