International Center for Community Land Trusts
We are a not-for-profit nongovernmental organization established in 2018 to promote and to support community land trusts and similar strategies of community-led development on community-owned land in countries throughout the world.
Photo of Grupo Esperança community and the Favela-CLT Project (Catalytic Communities, Brazil)
CLTs in the News
- Inside London’s new wave of community-led housing, Anastasia Mendini, Future of London, January 6, 2026
- A dream decades in the making: Vancouver’s LGBTQ2+ community centre to open in 2027, Sarah Grochowski, Vancouver Sun, January 5, 2026
- These Refugees Are Developing a First-of-Its-Kind Community Land Trust in San Diego, Roberto Camacho, Next City, January 5, 2025
- In pricey Laguna Beach, city makes a space for affordable artist live-work housing, Andrew Turner, LA Times – Daily Pilot, December 26, 2025
- Mission District miracle: San Francisco nonprofit buys building, and its tenants breathe a little easier, Oscar Palma, Mission Local, December 25, 2025
- How a Toronto land trust purchased 2 buildings in a year with community aid, Kathryn Mannie, New Market Today, December 14, 2025
- A Community Land Trust Is Raising the Bar for Community Power in Economic Development, Oscar Perry Abello, Next City, December 4, 2025
- A Community Land Trust Movement Rises in New York City: Leadership Lessons, Deyanira Del Rio and Debra Ack, Nonprofit Quarterly, December 3, 2025
- Fueling the future of community ownership, a Shelterforce Webinar, Miriam Axel-Lute, Shelterforce, November 21, 2025
- Can the Upcycling Trust model help tackle the housing and climate crises at once? Upcycling Trust, November 21, 2025
- Rethinking Property and Belonging in Mexico City, Tiffany Vargas, The Stakehold, November 19, 2025
- Parkdale’s Neighbourhood Land Trust selected to develop 16-storey community rental building, Daniel Ramos, Toronto Today, November 13, 2025
- Land trust unites community, secures future for African Nova Scotians, CMHC/SCHL, October 24, 2025
Joint Publications with the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
The Lincoln Institute of Land Policy has released a new Policy Focus Report, in both English and Spanish, entitled Preserving Affordable Homeownership: Municipal Partnerships with Community Land Trusts, by John Emmeus Davis and Kristin King-Ries of the International Center for Community Land Trusts.
Drawing on insights from 115 community land trusts (CLTs) that were interviewed or surveyed by the International Center for Community Land Trusts, the report explores how CLTs are partnering with public officials to help address the housing affordability crisis. In this innovative model, individuals buy homes on land that is leased from a local CLT and agree to limit the resale price, reducing the upfront cost of homeownership and keeping those homes affordable for one income-qualified household after another.
International Commentaries on Preserving Affordable Homeownership is a collection of six global commentaries reflects on the Preserving Affordable Homeownership Policy Focus Report published by the Lincoln Institute in partnership with the International Center for Community Land Trusts. Featuring perspectives from Australia, Canada, Brazil, Europe, France, and the United Kingdom, the commentaries describe experiences and evolving projects from each area and share insights on what those experiences and projects have in common with—and how they differ from—community land trusts (CLTs) in the United States. The collection reflects a growing international movement committed to reimagining ownership, affordability, and community resilience worldwide.
