CLTs in the News

2024

Preserving community in Guelph’s Junction neighbourhood, Barbara Latkowski, Guelph Today, November 3, 2024
The CDFI Creating Affordable Homeownership Models in South Los Angeles, Amanda Abrams, Next City, October 31, 2024
Chicago launches shared equity investment program to promote homeownership and communal wealth, Damon Sheffield, Hoodline, October 29, 2024
Why a Sacramento nonprofit is buying homes, empty lots in city’s underserved neighborhoods, Cathie Anderson, The Union Democrat, October 28, 2024
Rebuilding hundreds of affordable housing units burned in Lahaina fire is key priority of county’s recovery plan, Colleen Uechi, Maui Now, October 27, 2024
San Antonio City Council vote on community land trust policy could spur more affordable housing, Josh Peck, Texas Public Radio, October 25, 2024
Midwest Community Land Trust Conference Recap, Detroit Justice Center, October 17, 2024
California pledged $500 million to help tenants preserve affordable housing. They didn’t get a dime. Felicia Mello, Cal Matters, October 10, 2024
Africatown Community Land Trust Celebrates the Opening of Africatown Plaza, a New Affordable Housing Building, Lauryn Bray, South Seattle Emerald, October 8, 2024
Nonprofits Habitat for Humanity and Northwest Community Land Trust collaborate on affordable housing units in Kalispell, Jack Underhill, Daily Inter Lake, October 3, 2024
Nonprofit wants to create community land trust in South Texas Medical Center area, Madison Iszler, San Antonio Express-News, October 2, 2024
Commission Aims to Create Community Land Trust, Paul Benson, The Provincetown Independent, September 25, 2024
Kīpuka Kuleana: restoring relationships to place and strengthening climate adaptation through a community-based land trust, Sarah Barger et al, Frontiers in Sustainability, September 24, 2024
Hungry for affordable housing, communities turn to land trusts, Molly Bolan, Route Fifty, September 24, 2024
A Seattle home for under $300,000? Yes, but with some strings attached, Jessica Fu, The Seattle Times, September 22, 2024
The Impact of Community Land Trusts on Affordable Housing Mortgages, SSCSR, September 20, 2024
Sitka’s Land Trust claims an affordability win in first cottage resale, Robert Woolsey, KCAW-Raven Radio, September 19, 2024
Piloted home: The pitch for community trust housing, David Madison, The Madisonian, September 18, 2024
Duluth non-profit joins national housing crisis fight, Jeffrey McClure, Northern News Now, September 18, 2024
Columbus approves $4M for affordable housing projects, Kennedy Chase, Spectrum 1 News, September 18, 2024
Members of Indianapolis Community Land Trust gather for first meeting, Abriana Herron, WYFI-PBS, September 17, 2024
A plot of land in Southern California could be a game-changer for the housing crisis: Factory-built housing, ADUs, and community land trusts — all at once. Rachel Cohen, Vox, September 12, 2024
This program offers $100K toward buying a home, Tyler Fenwick, Mirror Indy, September 10, 2024
Africatown Hosts Community Mobilization & Call to Action Event in Anticipation of EDI Budget Cuts, Lauryn Bray, South Seattle Emerald, September 10, 2024
25 affordable homes coming near Burnet Middle School under Austin’s community land trust model, Ben Thompson, Community Impact, September 6, 2024
Editorial: Support land trust to rebuild Lahaina, Honolulu Star Advertiser, September 5, 2024
Community land trusts preserve housing and cultural identity, Jade Hindmon and Ashley Rusch, KPBS, September 3, 2024 (podcast interview with Tierras Indigenas CLT)
OPAL Community Land Trust to provide additional housing on Orcas, Suzanne Olson, The Orcasonian, September 3, 2024
Prices of burned-down properties in Lahaina spark conflict between land trust, sellers, Colleen Uechi, Maui Now, September 1, 2024
Land Trust sells Seattle-area homes for $300K and under, Christine Clarridge, Axios Seattle, August 28, 2024
African Nova Scotian group wants to hear housing challenges for north-end residents, Josh Hoffman, CBC, August 25, 2024
7 years after Hurricane Harvey, nonprofit formed in the rebuilding process continues to help with affordable housing, Bill Barajas, Click2Houston, August 25, 2024
Community Land Trusts from Boston to Honduras, Puerto Rico to Hawaii, Go Beyond Housing to Address Climate Change and Resilience, By Bárbara Dias, Felipe Litsek • Translation by Maria Fernanda Godinho, RioOnWatch, August 24, 2024
A new Belfast land trust is making 66 acres open to the public, Sasha Ray, Bangor Daily News, August 24, 2024
Q&A: Mikeya Griffin on community land trusts and working in Rondo, Dan Netter, Finance and Commerce, August 23, 2024
Lahaina land trust buys 1st property to preserve local housing for generations, Catherine Cluett Pactol, Hawai’i Public Radio, August 23, 2024
Habitat Flathead and Northwest Montana Community Land Trust join forces to build affordable housing, Whitefish Pilot, August 21, 2024
Sacramento Community Land Trust acquires its first property, Kate Wolffe, CapRadio, August 19, 2024
Tenants fight back: community land trusts offer rent relief, Wendy Fry, Cal Matters, August 16, 2024
Land trust wants to keep East San Jose apartments affordable, Joyce Chu, San José Spotlight, August 16, 2024
Grand Opening of new Little River Community Land Trust, Penobscot Bay Pilot, August 15, 2024
Lahaina Community Land Trust secures first piece of land to steward in Lahaina hands, Maui Now, August 15, 2024
VIDEO: North Missoula CDC and Neighborworks Open Doors to Home Ownership for Missoulians, Headwaters Foundation, August 15, 2024
Community celebrates Gainesville’s first affordable home in land trust program, Alachua Chronicle, August 9, 2024
‘Affordable housing for another generation’: California trusts pull properties off the market, Felicia Mello, Cal Matters, August 2, 2024
Community Land Trust, Participedia, August, 2, 2024
Community Land Trust: Meaning, Pros and Cons, Example, Kiara Taylor, Investopedia, July 31, 2024
Community land trusts make strides toward long-term affordable housing in Detroit, Patrick Dunn, Outlier Media, July 30, 2024
A Passion to Do the Right Thing: Michael Monte and the Champlain Housing Trust, Joyce Marcel, Vermont Business Magazine, July 28, 2024
Commons people: IF_DO creates community hub for Hastings, Ellen Peirson, Architects Journal, July 22, 2024
Hook Norton sustainable homes welcome first moving in residents, Oxford Mail, July 20, 2024
Affordable housing in God’s backyard: Some religious congregations find a new use for their space, Nadia A. Mian, The Conversation, July 19, 2024
Fort Worth’s New Community Land Trust Aims to Keep Homes Affordable, April Towery, Candy’s Dirt, July 18, 2024
Agricultural land to be donated to North Shore Community Land Trust, Juri Dagio, KHON Honolulu, July 12, 2024
Community Land Trust Helps Protect Investments, Mary Kate Hafner, Como Magazine, July 11, 2024
Conversation: Community Land Trusts and Improved Health, Roger Valdez, Forbes, July 5, 2024
How community land trusts can fight green gentrification, Lucy Koester, Connecticut Mirror, July 5, 2024
Local community land trust celebrates first milestone, raises over $672K in community investment to expand non-profit, affordable housing in Ottawa, Yahoo Finance, July 3, 2024
New affordable housing model unveiled in Itasca County, KBXE 90.5, July 1, 2024 (audio interview with staff of One Roof Housing)
Milwaukee County suburbs are closer to getting a community land trust. Here’s what to know, Bridget Fogarty, June 27, 2024
Community land trusts: An ‘old-school’ innovation with ‘new school’ structural applications, Andre M. Perry and Manann Donoghoe, Brookings Institute, June 26, 2024
Over $8M has been raised for Wake County’s first community land trust project, Kyleigh Panetta, Spectrum News 1, June 26, 2024
Fort Worth moves forward with affordable housing efforts through first land trust, Emily Wolf, Forth Worth Report, June 25, 2024
PHOTO ESSAY | Juneteenth 2024 With Africatown Community Land Trust and King County Equity Now, Susan Fried, South Seattle Emerald, June 24, 2024
The Cooper Square Community Land Trust on the Lower East Side: A Model of Community Planning, Power and Tenure Since the 1960s, by Felipe Litsek, Lara Masetto, with translation by Maria Fernanda Godinho, RioOnWatch, June 24, 2024
Community ownership could help Lahaina families protect their land, report says, Catherine Cluett Pactol, Hawai’i Public Radio, June 21, 2024
Maggie Walker Community Land Trust withdraws project, alleges racial discrimination against Chesterfield, Jonathan Spiers, Richmond Biz Sense, June 21, 2024
Big River Community Land Trust to build first home, Alysha Sherburne, Columbia Gorge News, June 19, 2024
Africatown Community Land Trust creates opportunities for community to gather and thrive in Summer of Soul Series, NBC K5, June 17, 2024 (video)
Heather Benham Resigns From the Athens Land Trust, Blake Aued, Flagpole, June 12, 2024
Community Land Trust Provide Housing Alternatives Worldwide, Roger Valdez, Forbes, June 6, 2024
Maggie Walker Community Land Trust set to make its 100th home sale soon, Barry Greene Jr., Richmond Free Press, June 6, 2024
Helping hands: How State College Community Land Trust’s ‘Forever Homes’ change lives, Jennifer Jourdan, Centre Daily Times, June 5, 2024
Admiral Church and Homestead Community Land Trust unveil site plan, timeline for ‘affordable homeownership’ project, Tracy Record, West Seattle Blog, June 4, 2024
Affordable housing developers in Virginia are building homes using a CLT approach in localities and now through the Virginia Statewide Community Land Trust, Angie Miles, VPM/NPR, June 3, 2024 (video)
Ottawa Community Land Trust selling bonds to raise $1.72M for affordable housing, Joanne Laucius, Ottawa Citizen, June 2, 2024
Closing the Housing Gap in Frankfort, Anna Faller, Northern Express, June 1, 2024
Limited-equity co-op model moves Lopez Island affordable housing forward, Nancy DeVaux, Salish Current, May 30, 2024
A Unique CLT is Helping Richmond’s Buy Homes, Barry Greene, Jr, Reasons to Be Cheerful, May 28, 2024
A community land trust could spur housing development for disinvested Far South Chicago neighborhood, Beria Hampton, Crain’s Chicago Business, May 28, 2024
Community land trust wants to build affordable housing for Black Nova Scotians on Cogswell land, Suzanne Rent, Halifax Examiner, May 17, 2024
Lahaina Community Land Trust announces formation of Advisory Board, Maui Now, May 16, 2024
Community Land Trusts: An Answer to the Housing Crisis? Sharon Kyle, LA Progressive, May 13, 2024 (video)
Razia Khanom, VP of London Community Land Trust: ‘The Community Spirit of Favelas Should Be Implemented in the UK’ [INTERVIEW], Sana Khan, RioOnWatch, May 13, 2024
The Housing Movement Failed Gaza – and Revealed Its Own Double Standards, Muhammad Alameldin, Next City, May 13, 2024
Priced out of housing, communities take development into their own hands, Keith Schneider, The New York Times, May 13, 2024
Ashley Allen, Executive Director of the Houston Community Land Trust: ‘There Should be a Global Summit for Housing’, Sana Khan, RioOnWatch, May 11, 2024
Halifax renews push for development tool to address ‘historic wrongs’ in Black communities, Haley Ryan Canadian Broadcasting Company, May 10, 2024
How community land trusts combat rising home prices and fighting displacement, Delaney Nelson, Austin Weekly News, May 6, 2024
Is it time to reclaim Sheffield’s city centre for the common good? Sam Gregory, Now Then, May 1, 2024
Community land trusts make home ownership possible for more Michiganders, Sarah Spohn, Flint Side, April 30, 2024
A community land trust would help my Far South Side neighborhood flourish again, Beria Hampton, Chicago Sun Times, April 30, 2024
The Black History of the Community Land Trust Model, Rondo Community Land Trust, April 29, 2024
Q&A: How Community Land Trusts Help to Preserve Farmland, Hannah Van Sickle, Susan Witt, Modern Farmer, April 8, 2024
Why combining community land trusts and limited-equity cooperatives benefits residents, Andrew Heben, Jeffrey Albanese, Shelterforce, April 5, 2024
Gloucester needs community land trusts, Eleanor Melvin, The Gillnetter, April 3, 2024
How affordable housing helps tackle social inequality: The Community Land Trust Model, Geert De Pauw, Philanthropy Europe Association, April 3, 2024
Mum urges Tesco to unlock ‘life-changing’ homes site, Charlotte Cox, BBC News, April 2, 2024
I paid just $135,000 for my house when homes in the area are going for twice that. Here’s how. Alcynna Lloyd, Business Insider, March 31, 2024
Laguna Beach to form land trust to address need for affordable live-work spaces for artists, Andrew Turner, Los Angeles Times, March 29, 2024
Public event at the Prospective Little River Community Land Trust, Bangor Daily News, March 27, 2024
Greensboro could get more affordable housing through proposed community land trusts, Caroline Bowyer, Fox 8, March 19, 2024 (includes video)
Want to own your NYC apartment? This nonprofit is helping renters buy their units., David Brand, Gothamist, March 18, 2024
First came the Maui wildfires. Now come the land grabs: ‘Who owns the land is key to Lahaina’s future’, Nina Lakhani, The Guardian, March 15, 2024
After the fires, a Maui community tries a novel approach to keep homes in local hands, Lauren Sommer, WBUR, March 14, 2024
Brussels Community Land Trust Guarantees Affordable Housing For Vulnerable Communities, Including Immigrants and Refugees, and in One of Europe’s Most Expensive Cities, Felipe Litsek and Lara Masetto (translation by Ujwala Murthy), RioOnWatch, March 13, 2024
MP visits new community land trust scheme in Aldingbourne, Michelle Taylor, Sussex World, March 12, 2024
Now Leasing: Africatown Community Land Trust Wraps up Construction on New Affordable Housing Building, Lauryn Bray, South Seattle Emerald, March 8, 2024
South Bend community land trust, first of its kind in Indiana, poised to grow, Jordan Smith, South Bend Tribune, March 7, 2024
Can collective ownership solve housing affordability? These Black communities in Nova Scotia are working on it, Shaina Luck, CBC News, March 6, 2024 (includes video)
Fideicomiso para el Desarrollo de Río Piedras adquiere propiedad abandonada para beneficio social, Marina Reyes Huertas, El Nuevo Dia, March 6, 2024
Founder of original community land trust in Georgia, United States, shares her story and advice for the future, CBC, March 6, 2024
Could Community Land Trusts Be The Solution For Housing Affordability in North Texas?, April Towery, CandysDirt.com, March 5, 2024
Land donation supports new approach to affordable housing in South Bend, Erin Black, Notre Dame News, March 5, 2024
North Central Revival: What is a ‘community land trust’ and why is the city considering it?, Cole Davenport, CTV News, March 5 2024
Housing 101: There Are Other Options For Housing and Ownership, Roger Valdez, Forbes, March 4, 2024
Connolly bill would boost community land trusts, Richard Halstead, Marin Independent Journal, March 3, 2024
More Wisconsin communities are eyeing land trusts as an avenue for low-cost homeownership, Emilie Heidemann and Jeff Richgels, Madison.com, Feb. 28, 2024
‘It’s profound’: Housing strategy for African Nova Scotian families nearing completion, Shaina Luck, CBC News, February 27, 2024
Community land trusts central to urban renewal for the Black community, Co-operative Housing Federation of Canada, February 22, 2024
Community land trust property assessments bills unlikely to pass this session, Bente Bouthier, WTIU/NPR, February 21, 2024
Let’s harness the growth of the shared-equity field, Amanda Bennett, Sophia Corugedo, Vince Wang, Shelterforce, February 16, 2024
Port St. Lucie using land trust as affordable housing remains scarce, TCPalm, Feb. 15, 2024
First Home Community Land Trust Works to Expand Affordable Housing in Rochester, Evan Berg, KIMT3 News, Feb. 15, 2024
Jerusalem Farm Community Land Trust Paves Way for Affordable Housing in Northeast Neighborhood, EllieAna Hale, Northeast News, February 13, 2024
HRDC Community Land Trust offers affordable options for homebuyers, Bryanna Carroll, NBC Montana, Feb. 1, 2024
A public trust with a singular goal: ‘Keep Lahaina in Lahaina hands‘, Chelsea Davis, Hawaii News Now, Jan. 26, 2024
Affordable housing project taking shape in Smoketown neighborhood, Jacob Munoz, Louisville Public Media, January 26, 2024
Land Trusts and Co-op Housing: Building Better Neighborhoods, Sophia Kulow, Minnesota Women’s Press, January 23, 2024
The Bay Area is losing its BIPOC and low-income residents. We can stop that, Saki Bailey, San Francisco Chronicle, Jan. 22, 2024
Local Community Land Trust Plans to Turn Apartment Complex Into Affordable Units, Sydney Sims, Capital B Atlanta, January 19, 2024
2080 Union is a peek into the future and solutions found within Community Land Trusts, Tommy Allen, Rapid Growth, Jan. 17, 2024
In an Atlanta first, a community land trust buys apartments, Sean Keenan, January 17, 2024
New community land trust seeks to ‘keep Lahaina lands in Lahaina hands’, Catherine Cleat Pactol, Hawai’i Public Radio, January 11, 2024
Affordable Homes for Sale Through Austin Community Land Trust, Austin Sanders, The Austin Chronicle, Jan. 4, 2024
$40K grant kick-starts efforts of Franklin County Community Land Trust, Bella Levavi, Greenfield Recorder, Jan. 1, 2024

2023

Six New Yorkers Who Made the City a Better, Cooler, Fairer Place in 2023, Ginia Bellafonte, December 29, 2023
LiBRE is paving the road for Long Beach’s first community land trust. Here’s what that means. Samantha Diaz, Signal Tribune, December 27, 2023
Community land trust set to receive nearly $3 million for affordable housing, Mathew Holding Eagle III, MPRNews, Dec. 26, 2023
Community land trust awarded $2.97 million to build affordable housing, The Bemidji Pioneer, Dec. 20, 2023
Community Land Trust Expands Affordable Housing Inventory in the Flathead Valley, Maggie Dresser, Flathead Beacon, Dec. 14, 2023
Smoketown Community Land Trust launches to better serve residents, WLKY News, Dec. 3, 2023
Brazil’s ‘Favela Community Land Trust’ Celebrates Five Years and Hosts International Exchange in Rio de Janeiro, Bárbara Dias (translation by Nathan Bergrin), RioOnWatch, November 29, 2023
Fetterman Introduces Bill to Ensure Affordable Housing in Forgotten Communities, WBVP, Nov. 28, 2023
One Roof Community Housing Celebrates New Community Land Trust Homes in Duluth, Emma Propp, Fox21 Online, Nov. 17, 2023
Local land trust hopes to hold on to Lahaina lands, Melissa Tanji, The Maui News, November 15, 2024
Nascent Lahaina Land Trust Starts Building A Base Of Support, Christie Wilson, Honolulu Civil Beat, November 14, 2023
Seeding Change, Cultivating Tomorrow: Co-op sector participates in first Community Land Trust Summit, Co-operative Housing Federation of Canada, November 8, 2023
Muskoka Community Land Trust looks to Huntsville for its first project, Huntsville Doppler, November 3, 2023
B.C. government pays $8.2M for SRO in Vancouver’s Chinatown, Mike Howell, Vancouver Is Awesome, October 25, 2023
Bolinas RV camp proposed for emergency housing, Richard Halstead, Marin Independent Journal, October 23, 2023
How a Charlotte community fought to save affordable housing (and won), James Farrell, Courthouse News Service, October 20, 2023
Partnership between Des Moines, AMOS to create Community Land Trust, WHO13 TV, October 19, 2023 (video)
MacKenzie Scott makes ‘transformative’ $5M donation to Houston land trust, Shawn Array, Community Impact, October 17, 2023
How community land trusts help get Minnesota buyers into homes, Dan Emerson, Finance and Commerce, October 16, 2023
Community land trusts are the next social housing revolution: ‘It’s about empowering people’, Connie Bowker, Big Issue, Octobr 15, 2023
Community Land Trusts could be a real answer to Bakersfield housing woes, John Donegal, Bakersfield.com, October 14, 2023
Could a community land trust help Chinatown stay affordable? Organizers are trying, Helen Li, Los Angeles Times, October 13, 2023
Could A Community Land Trust Give Locals More Control Of Lahaina? Allan Kew, Honolulu Civil Beat, October 11, 2023
Community Land Trust launches in Bellingen, Alison Paul, NBN News, October 3, 2023 (Australia)
A Model for the Global South: Puerto Rico’s Community Land Trust, the Fideicomiso de la Tierra Caño Martín Peña, By Felipe Litsek and Lara Masetto. Translation by Cristina Fornara. RioOnWatch, October 1, 2023
Long Beach OKs $800,000 to create Community Land Trust to add affordable housing, Alfredo Santana, Press-Telegram, September 28, 2023
New model to help house more locals, Ute Schulenberg, Bellingen Shire News, September 27, 2023 (Australia)
Admiral Church finalizes affordable-housing future for its campus with Homestead Community Land Trust, West Seattle Blog, September 23, 2023
College Park community land trust celebrates first home purchase, Maximo Legaspi, The Diamondback, September 21, 2023
Evanston has an affordability problem – community land trusts can help, Duncan Agnew, Evanston RoundTable, September 20, 2023
Future of Black-Owned Coffee Shop Is Bright Thanks to Rondo Community Land Trust, Jamie Ratliff, Black Enterprise, September 12, 2023
Group looks to rally support for a Community Land Trust in Bloomington-Normal, aimed at housing affordability, Ryan Denham, WGLT, September 12, 2023
Brooklyn’s Four Community Land Trusts Could Revolutionize Affordable Housing, Experts Say, Brennan LaBrie, BrooklynReader, September 18, 2023
San Francisco’s ‘real estate apocalypse’ has the attention of billionaire MacKenzie Scott—just look at her latest donation, Alena Boors, Fortune, September 11, 2023
A new era for Golden Thyme: Rondo Community Land Trust secures St. Paul staple, Aaliyah Demry, MPR News, September 10, 2023
In New York, proposed legislation grants opportunity to tenants and community land trusts to purchase land or buildings, Charles Gibbia, The Architect’s Newspaper, September 8 2023
Homestead Community Land Trust Celebrates $10M Donation From MacKenzie Scott, Lauryn Bray, South Seattle Emerald, September 7, 2023
Billionaire MacKenzie Scott Donates $20M to San Francisco Land Trust, Mike Ege, The San Francisco Standard, September 7, 2023
Building Affordable Housing Through Community Land Trusts, Caron Bridges, MRSC, September 6, 2023
West Side Community Land Trust buys homes with the help of Mecklenburg County, seeking solutions to improve housing affordability, Lexi Wilson, WCNC, September 5, 2023
Community land trusts offer a fresh take on housing development, Francesca Perry, Financial Times, September 1, 2023
Community Organizations Are Taking Ownership Of Boston’s Local Food Systems, Punnya Kalapurakkel, Next City, August 31, 2023
£100 Million Investment Fund Announced to Create Homes for Locals in Tourist Hotspots, Jeff Newmond, Business Mole, August 28, 2023
Citizens House by Archio: for the people by the people, Fran Williams, Architects’ Journal, August 25, 2023
New York Civil Liberties Union wants I-81 surplus land for community land trust, Abigail Connolly, WRVO Public Media, August 23, 2023
Fort Worth leaders to explore first community land trust in upcoming housing project, Sandra Sadek, Fort Worth Report, August 22, 2023
MacKenzie Scott Gifts $10 Million to Homestead Community Land Trust in King County, The Registry, August 15, 2023
Durango Mobile Home Park Residents Form Community Land Trust, Diana Ionesco, Planetizen, August 11, 2023
We Don’t Need Affordable Housing Experiments, Dia Davis, Moonshine Ink, August 10, 2023
Development of affordable homes begins in Oxfordshire village, Albert Tait, Oxford Mail, August 10, 2023
A Land Trust And A Non-Profit Team Up To Bring More Black Teachers To Kansas City, Cinnamon Janzer, Next City, August 10, 2023
Amani residents will get to buy 4 affordable homes as part of community land trust program, PrincessSafiya Byers, Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service, August 10, 2023
Grounded Solutions Network Receives Substantial Financial Commitment From Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott, Grounded Solutions Network, August 8, 2023
First Community Land Trust Apartments Bring More Affordable Housing to Franklinton, Walker Evans, Columbus Underground, August 8, 2023
Atlanta Land Trust completes $13.9 million campaign for permanent affordability, Maria Saporta, Saporta Report, August 7, 2023
How a mobile-home park saved its community from a corporate buyout: in southwest Colorado, a cooperative and a land trust partnered to preserve affordable housing, Kirbie Bennett and Jamie Wanzek, High Country News, August 4, 2023
How California’s Wiyot Tribe turned to community land trusts to fight for justice, Alice Toomer-McAlpine, Coop News, August 3, 2023
At least 62 homes across Denver may be purchased and resold at affordable rates if City Council approves a proposed grant, Desiree Mathurin, July 26, 2023
A River Runs Through It: Berkshire Community Land Trust celebrates the first site designated for the nonprofit’s Farmsteads for Farmers campaign, Hannah Van Sickle, The Berkshire Edge, July 23, 2023
Jerusalem Farm welcomes new neighbors in Northeast’s first community land trust home, Abby Hoover, Northeast News, July 21, 2023
Affordable Housing Trust Approves Orange Street Condominium Proposal, Chelsea Record, July 20, 2023
Westbourne community housebuilding project gets backing of Chichester District councillors, Jack Innes, Sussex World, July 20, 2023
Wiyot Tribe Makes Its Case, Convinces Eureka Council to Reject Staff Pick and Award Affordable Housing Development Projects to Tribal Land Trust Agency, Ryan Burns, Lost Coast Outpost, July 19, 2023
Building Tenant Power for the Long Haul: A Story from Long Beach, California, Sylvana Uribe, Nonprofit Quarterly, July 19, 2023
Bloomington’s new land trust will help address affordable housing problems, Tomilea Allison, The Herald Times, July 18, 2023
Apopka, Orange County officials build new affordable housing development, Emily McLeod, News 6, July 14, 2023 (video about Hannibal Square CLT)
Land Trust Unveils Forever Affordable Homes, Jeramey Jannene, Urban Milwaukee, July 12, 2023
Community Land Trusts in California Work to Create New Homeowners, Soumya Karlamangla, The New York Times, July 12, 2023
Missoula Renters Try New Financing Model, David Erickson, Missoulian, July 11, 2023
The Dirty Little Secret—Rising Property Values Are Incompatible with Affordability, Peter Sabots, Shelterforce, July 8, 2023 (podcast)
Community Land Trusts Are Working to Create New Homeowners, Claire Fahy, New York Times, July 8, 2023.
Northwestern Mutual Contributes $3 Million To Home Ownership Efforts, Jeramy Jannene, Urban Milwaukee, July 7, 2023
Oxfordshire Community Land Trust opens first development, BBC News, June 29, 2023
Nonprofit looks to leverage funding for additional affordable housing, Whitefish Pilot, June 28, 2023
After Intense Public Pressure, Rio City Hall Backtracks and Maintains Community Land Trust Provision in Master Plan, With Cuts, By Felipe Litsek, Tarcyla Fidalgo, Translation by Annie Swank, RioOnWatch, June 27, 2023
Here are 3 takeaways from The Tribune’s recent reporting on community land trusts, Sofia Jeremia, The Salt Lake Tribune, June 27, 2023
Sitka Community Land Trust to hold open house, KCAW News, June 24, 2023 (radio interview)
They own the house, but not the land under it. How this model is making homeownership attainable, Sofia Jeremias, The Salt Lake Tribune, June 22, 2023
New York’s Moment for Community Land and Affordable Housing, Carlina Rivera and Lincoln Restler, Gotham Gazette, June 22, 2023
Chloe Brown Unveils Comprehensive Plan for Toronto’s Housing Future: Transitioning TCHC into Community Land Trust Development Agency, Cision, June 21, 2023
Phoenix provides $5 million for community land trust to sell homes to low-income residents, Chistina Estes, Fronteras, June 19, 2023
Raleigh Area Land Trust Sells First Affordable Home, City of Raleigh, June 14, 2023
Community Land Trust Awarded Funds to Expand Affordable Homeownership Program, Maggie Dresser, Flathead Beacon, June 14, 2023
Atlanta BeltLine, Inc. Closes Funding for Permanently Affordable Homes in Partnership with Atlanta Land Trust, Intown Builders,, Lisa Hay, What Now Atlanta, June 12, 2023
An Innovative Way to Own a Home? Land Trusts, Kay Dervishi, Florida Realtors, June 9, 2023
South Bend Heritage launches Indiana’s first community land trust, Annie Kate, ABC57, June 8, 2023
Community land trusts gain traction as tool to preserve affordable housing in Los Angeles, Renee Eng, Spectrum News 1, June 8, 2023
Helping hands: SCCLT is stabilizing the community with affordable, energy-efficient homeownership, Jennifer Jourdan, Centre Daily Times, June 7, 2023
Rabble Rousers Shows How Activists Beat the Rich to Build Social Housing in New York City, Samuel Stein, Jacobin, June 4, 2023
Kôr Community Land Trust rebrands as RootedHomes, KTVZ 21, June 1, 2023
Africatown Community Land Trust’s ‘Honoring Our Black Wall Streets’ Celebrates Local Black Businesses, Ronnie Estoque, South Seattle Emerald
How Hurricane Harvey Led To One Of America’s Biggest Land Trusts, Next City Podcast, May 31, 2023
The Champlain Housing Trust: A Community Land Trust at Scale, Felipe Litsek (translation by Ethan Kaimana), RioOnWatch, May 30, 2023
Arundel Community Land Trust to be gifted affordable homes as part of new 90-homes development, Katherine Hollisey-McLean, Sussex World, May 30, 2023
New $22M Philanthropic Initiative Launches to Propel the Community Ownership Movement in California, Business Wire, May 23, 2023
Community Land Trust aims to address Pen Llŷn housing crisis, Siân Williams, Nation-Cymru, May 26, 2023
What Homeowners Say About CLTs’ Benefits – And Pain Points, Aditi Nair, Next City, May 22, 2023
Habitat For Humanity Moves To Land Trust Model, Plans Three Homes In Croydon, Tom Sofield, Levittown Now, May 19, 2023
A Black Neighbourhood Destroyed Half a Century Ago Is on the Brink of a Comeback, Sherlyn Assam, The Walrus, May 18, 2023
URA creates program to help community land trusts rehab, build for-sale affordable housing in Pittsburgh, Julia Felton, The Tribe, May 18, 2023
Franklin County program selling homes sometimes $100k+ under market value, Lisa Rantala, ABC 6, May 18, 2023 (about the Central Ohio CLT)
A section of Kensington Market will soon be owned by the community — if they can foot the $4M bill, Abby O’Brien, CTV News Toronto, May 16, 2023
Funding for Blue River land trust will build six homes for those displaced by Holiday Farm Fire, Ryan Bonham, KEZI 9, May 12, 2023
As housing in Indianapolis becomes unaffordable, community leaders eye a solution: community land trusts, Benjamin Thorp, WFYI/PBS, May 12, 2023
‘I’ll have stability’: It was ribbon-cutting and move-in day at Kôr Land Trust’s Crescita Community in NE Bend, Kelsey McGee, KTVZ News 21, May 4, 2023
As housing in Indianapolis becomes unaffordable, community leaders eye a solution: community land trusts, Benjamin Thorp, WFYI, May 12, 2023
Funding for Blue River land trust will build six homes for those displaced by Holiday Farm Fire, Ryan Bonham, KEZI 9, May 12, 2023
Community group tries to keep Kensington buildings out of developers’ hands, but needs $3M to do it, Clara Pasieka, CBC, May 12, 2023
The Wiyot Tribe Is Getting Its Land Back and Making California More Affordable, Kalen Goodluck and Karen Goodluck, Dwell, May 9, 2023
Muskoka Community Land Trust brings affordable housing proposal to Bracebridge council, Julian Orlando Chaves, MuskokaRegion.com, May 6, 2023
New York Considers Community Land Trusts, Luca, Goldmansour, The American Prospect, May 3, 2023
Opinion: Taking Vacant Land And Power Back from the NYPD, Brianna Soleyn, City Limits, May 3, 2023
When a Land Bank Starts a Land Trust, Mariella Argues, Shelterforce, May 2, 2023
Cross-Atlantic Learning, Meron Habte, HUD-User/Edge PD&R, May 2, 2023
South London scheme sees locals prioritised for properties, Emily Whitehouse, NewStart, May 2, 2023
Land Trusts Offer an Innovative Way to Help the Middle Class Afford a Home, Kay Dervishi, The Chronicle of Philanthropy, May 2, 2023
The homes only locals can buy, Dougal Shaw, BBC Radio, May 1, 2023
Public Fills Rio de Janeiro City Council to Demand the Community Land Trust in the City’s Master Plan and Discuss City Hall’s Exclusion of Urban Policy Instruments, Julio Santos Filho, Leonardo Coelho, with translation by Cristina Fornara, Felicity Clarke, Nicholas Miller, RioOnWatch, April 30, 2023
Opinion: With Community Land Trusts Back in the Spotlight, Lessons from 1970s NYC, Harriet Cohen, City Limits, April 27, 2023
South Bay land trust aims to turn San Jose renters into homeowners, Ethan Varian, The Mercury News, April 25, 2023
‘We made a nuisance of ourselves’: how Citizens House created real affordable housing – for ever!, Oliver Wainwright, The Guardian, April 20, 2023
Community land trusts turn LA tenants into owners, Zoie Matthew, KCRW, April 19, 2023
Archio Completes an Apartment Complex for London Community Land Trust, Kalina Ned, Trendhunter, April 18, 2023
‘The start of something amazing’: Community Land Trust housing by Archio, Chris Foges, RIBA Journal, April 18, 2023
The History of Community Land Trusts in the U.S., Gabi Lorino, Fort Wayne Media Collaborative, April 17, 2023
Is Citizens House a model for community housing of the future?, Ellie Stathaki, Wallpaper, April 16, 2023
Community land trusts: part of the solution to England’s affordable housing shortage, Mark Child, Pinsent Masons, April 13, 2023
Could We Create a Community Land Trust in Fort Wayne?, Gabi Lorino, Fort Wayne Media Collaborative, April 12, 2023
Decatur Land Trust hosting community outreach, education sessions on April 22, Zoe Seiler, Decaturish, April 10, 2023
Meet Your New Landlord: a Local Non-Profit, Jason McBridge, The Local, April 10, 2023
Community land trusts are providing a solution to gentrification, Simon Rios, National Public Radio, April 9, 2023
From Owing to Owning: How Communities Can Control Commercial Land, Steve Dubs, Nonprofit Quarterly, April 5, 2023
Rural Communities Strive To Provide Affordable Housing, Vernon Mays, VPM/PBS, April 4, 2023
CLTs Gaining Ground in NYC: Policies to Sustain and Scale the Growth of Community Land Trusts, Sylvia Morse, Pratt Center for Community Development, April 1, 2023
South Londoners who feared they would have to buy in Croydon built their own homes to avoid it, Robert Firth, MyLondon, March 31, 2023
An Indigenous Community Land Trust Is Creating Housing Through #LandBack, Emily Nonko, Next City, March 23, 2023
Manchester housing organizers establish a community land trust in the city, Jeongyoon Han, New Hampshire Public Radio, March 23, 2023
What’s a community land trust? An explanation of the model Greensboro leaders are looking into to increase affordable housing, Gale Melcher, Triad City Beat, March 22, 2023
Greensboro ponders community land trust to encourage affordable housing, Kenny Caravan, News and Record, March 21, 2023
The neighborhood that got it right: Gentrification is washing over America’s wealthiest cities. Here’s how Uphams Corner held back the tide. David Scharfenberg, The Boston Globe, March 20, 2023
Could community land trusts make housing more affordable in Fresno? Megan Tagami, The Business Journal, March 16, 2023
Community Land Trusts: Can they be an answer to the housing crisis? Global News, March 14 ,2023 (video about Kensington Market)
Dallas Eyes Community Land Trusts as Option For Permanent Affordable Housing, April Towery, Candy’s Dirt.com, March 10, 2023
Land Trust Brings More ‘Attainable’ Housing to Frankfort, Zachariah Wheaton and Jacob Johnson, 9&10 News, March 10, 2023
Selina Mack, Longtime Director of Durham Community Land Trust, Retires, Seven Wenn, Indy Week, March 3, 2023
Common ground between the housing and farm crisis, Lois Ross, rabble.ca, February 22, 2023
Nonprofit buys Chinatown homes to keep them affordable — and preserve history, Simón Rios, WBUR, February 21, 2023
Thousands of homes left unbuilt thanks to ’roundabout’ of housing ministers, community groups say, Lucie Heath, I News, February 21, 2023
Houston wanted to lead the nation in long-term affordable housing. Now it’s backpedaling, Lucy Tompkins, The Texas Tribune and The New York Times, February 20, 2023
Community-owned housing in Drimpton nearing completion, Oliver McManus, Dorset Echo, February 18, 2023
A major Girdwood housing proposal is dead. Now, the Alaska resort community wants to figure out its own solutions to its housing crisis. Alex DeMarban, Anchorage Daily News, February 16, 2023
EcoTHRIVE celebrates land acquisition for new housing community, Guy Iron, Real Change, February 15, 2023
Could land trusts help solve Ontario housing-affordability crisis?, Kelsey Rolfe, TVO Today, February 15, 2023
Logan Square’s Community Land Trust Gets $5 Million Boost From State, Mina Bloom, Block Club Chicago, February 14, 2023
Atlanta Land Trust building 40 affordable townhomes in East Lake, Zoe Seiler, Decaturish, February 9, 2023
Why Brooklyn Residents Want Public Land In Public Hands, Roshan Abraham, Next City, February 9, 2023
National Farmers Union encourages land donations for Community Land Trusts, National Farmers Union (Canada), February 7, 2023
Irvine Receives Land to Expand Housing Opportunities, Tomoya Shimura, Irvine Standard, February 2, 2023
Community organizations ramp up revitalization efforts for West Boulevard corridor, Elvis Menayese, WFAE 90.7, January 31, 2023
Governor’s Health Equity Council pushes for land trusts, other housing strategies in its new report, Talis Shelbourne, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, January 30, 2023
Our Corporate Landlord Tried To Push Us Out. We Saved Our Homes Through A Community Land Trust. Guadalupe and Ixchel Hernandez, Next City, January 30, 2023
Real Estate for Radicals: co-ops, community land trusts, communes, and squats, Erin Graves, Shareable, January 25, 2023
Plans for affordable homes near Bexhill cemetery ‘progressing well’ says Community Land Trust, Megan Baker, Sussex World, January 23, 2023
Kamloops-initiated community land trust petition to hit the floor of Commons, Paul James, Radio NL, January 23, 2023
Downstreet Working On New Affordable Rental Housing Projects, Phil Dodd, The Bridge, January 11, 2023
Dwelling Place set to break ground on 42-unit community land trust housing project, Kate Carlson, MiBiz, January 11, 2023
Boston Farms creates community wealth, fosters food enterprises through shared land, Kresge Foundation, January 10, 2023
Sen. Wyden presents $1 million grant to Proud Ground for affordable homes, Brandon Thompson, KOIN News, January 10, 2023
Boston University agrees to sell Los Angeles buildings to tenant group to preserve affordable housing, Sarah Betancourt, WGBH, January 10, 2023
‘A Village Raising a Child:’ Looking to Community’s Past for West Southern Pines Future, Ana Risano, The Pilot, January 10, 2023
Advancing the Promise of Shared Equity Housing Models, Alexandra Miller, NeighborWorks America, January 9, 2023
Five ways city leaders can support Black entrepreneurs’ efforts to ‘buy back the block’, Prince Osemwengle, Hannah Love and Tracy Hadden Lot, Brookings, January 9, 2023
Gwyr Community Land Trust is recruiting an architect for 14 zero-carbon community-owned homes in Swansea, South Wales, Merlin Fulcher, Architects Journal, January 9, 2023
A Housing Agenda for 2023, Roger Valdez, The American Conservative, January 6, 2023
Subdivision of controversial Kibiko land suspended, Stanley Ngotho, Nation Media Group, January 4, 2023
Kôr Community Land Trust providing electric bikes for all homeowners, with Pacific Power’s support, KTVZ News, January 4, 2023
Long Beach pursues a new approach to affordable housing: a community land trust, Tess Kazenoff, Long Beach Business Journal, January 2, 2023

2022

Press briefing by the leadership of Keekonyokie Community Land Trust (Kenya), Elveza Media, December 31, 2022
Watch Southside Community Land Trust Jumpstart a More Equitable Food System. Abbie Lahmers, Providence Monthly, December 29, 2022
West Marin land trust buys another Point Reyes home, Richard Halstead, Marin Independent Journal, December 25, 2022
Land justice legislation passes, making publicly owned property available, Philadelphia Sun, December 23, 2022
India’s 1st CFR village moves HC for ‘gramdan’ status, Vijay Pinjarkar, The Times of India, December 21, 2022
‘This is a war’: Californians seek affordable housing alternatives, David Culver and Nicole Barron, CNN Business, December 16, 2022
Milwaukee community land trust takes step forward to improve home ownership among people of color, La Risa Lynch, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, December 9, 2022
Community Land Trusts Build Climate-Resilient Affordable Housing, Alexandra Applegate, YES Magazine, December 1, 2022
Designing New Programs to Narrow Racial Homeownership Gaps, Samantha Page, Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University, November 30, 2022
The Florida Neighborhood Hurricanes Can’t Gentrify, Alexandra Applegate, Reasons to Be Cheerful, November 17, 2022
Kate Raworth’s 42nd Annual E.F. Schumacher Lecture, Schumacher Center, November 15, 2022
Interview with John Barros, DSNI Deconstructs Podcast, November 15, 2022
Kansas City community land trust rethinks affordable home ownership, Matt Flener, KMBC News, November 10, 2022
Community Land Trusts Are Building Disaster-Resilient Neighborhoods, Alexandra Applegate, Next City, November 10, 2022
How Land Banks and Community Land Trusts Can Partner for Racial Justice, Beth Sorce and Kim Graziani, Nonprofit Quarterly, November 9, 2022
Affordable housing: providing opportunity on Orcas, Erin Wygant, The Islands’ Sounder, November 8, 2022
Community-Owned Commercial Real Estate Is Having A Moment, Oscar Perry Abello, Next City, November 8, 2022
KeyBank Makes $400,000 Donation to Proud Ground, CSR Wire, November 7, 2022
The Overgrown Ruins Of Waialee Have Great Potential, Catherine Toth Fox, Honolulu Civil Beat, November 4, 2022
Commercial Community Ownership as a Strategy for Just Development, Julia Duranti-Martínez, LISC, November 2022
Rev. Charles Sherrod, legendary SNCC organizer and powerful singer, Herb Boyd, New York Amsterdam News, October 27, 2022
Lower East Side Organizers Look to Launch New Community Land Trusts, Katie Prudential, The Indypendent, October 21, 2022
Charles Sherrod, Civil Rights Pioneer in Rural Georgia, Dies at 85, Clay Risen, The New York Times, October 17, 2022
House by house, Albany Land Trust rebuilds city’s neighborhoods, Leigh Hornbeck, Times Union, October 16, 2022
Civil Rights icon Charles Sherrod dies at age 85, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, October 13,2022
House for $125K below appraised value? Community land trust sells 1st home in Asheville, Sarah Honesty, Asheville Citizen Times, October 5, 2022
In Seattle, Community Land Trusts Are Allowing Low-Income Families To Buy A Home, Josh Cohen, Next City, September 23, 2022
CHT in Focus: Farmworker Housing, Michael Monte and Julie Curtin, Champlain Housing Trust, September 22, 2022
South Berkeley church opens long-awaited new affordable apartments: McGee Avenue Baptist Church and a local land trust renovated dilapidated units, Supra Yelimeli, Berkeleyside, September 14, 2022
Somerville Community Land Trust acquires first property, aims to lessen city’s housing crisis, Michael Weiskopf, The Tufts Daily, September 14, 2022
Southern Door Community Land Trust looks to establish permanently affordable safe housing, Jim Ehmke, Binghamton Homepage, September 12, 2022
Sogorea Te’ Land Trust and City of Oakland Announce Plan to Return Land to Indigenous Stewardship, City of Oakland, September 8, 2022
Vancouver signs deal to turn former site of Hogan’s Alley into community land trust, Alex Bozikovic, The Globe and Mail, September 8, 2022
In Halifax, Truro, Upper Hammonds Plains, community land trusts offer a way for residents to build neighbourhoods, legacy, Suzanne Rent, Halifax Examiner, September 6, 2022
Community land trusts can be a powerful tool to fight generational poverty, Kenya Baker, Dayton Daily News, September 4, 2022
First Law of Its Kind Outlines Provisions to Establish Community Land Trusts in Brazil, Favela-CLT Project, RioOnWatch, August 31, 2022
A Kansas City land trust is working to reduce blight and stabilize a disinvested neighborhood, Savannah Hawley, KCUR, August 28, 2022
As homeownership rates decline in New York City, could community land trusts be an answer? Pete Tomao, City and State Network, August 25, 2022
A reason to trust: Sacramento Community Land Trust aims to put people over profit, Samin Vafaee, Sacramento News and Review, August 25, 2022
Five affordable homes near Union Square are first for nonprofit Somerville Community Land Trust, Marc Levy, Cambridge Daily, August 16, 2022
Community land trusts: Research reveals benefits of an affordable housing model that could help ease the housing crisis, Clark Merrefield, The Journalist’s Resource (Harvard Kennedy School), August 15, 2022
Can Anacostia Build a Bridge Without Displacing Its People? Megan Kimble, The New York Times, August 9, 2022
Vermont is pouring millions into manufactured homes and mobile home parks, Fred Thys, VTDigger, August 3, 2022
This Couple Bought An Affordable Home Near The Bloomingdale Trail Thanks To Logan Square’s New Community Land Trust, Mina Bloom, Block Club Chicago, July 28, 2022
A community land trust takes root in the Bronx, Abigail Nehring, The Riverdale Press, July 15, 2022
Jacksonville launches Community Land Trust amid affordable housing crisis, Alexandria Mansfield, The Florida-Times Union, July 8, 2022
Land Power: Sustaining a community land trust requires radical commitment to housing justice and local self-determination — not to mention real estate savvy and political diplomacy, Cassim Shepard, Places, July 2022
Southside Community Land Trust Remains at the Forefront of Urban Farming in Rhode Island, Ellen Liberman, Rhode Island Monthly, June 30, 2022
Community Land Trusts could unblock Britain’s housebuilding jam, Ben Everitt MP, ConservativeHome, June 29, 2022
This Detroit neighborhood is using the community land trust model to help ensure affordable housing, Jamie Simmons, Michigan Radio, June 27, 2022
Manifeste pour les cités-jardins du XXIe siècle, Yves Cabannes and Philip Ross, Topophile, June 23, 2022
Remembering the late Peter Marcuse, an influential professor of urban planning, Samuel Stein, The Architect’s Newspaper, May 27, 2022
Cities Support Community Land Trusts to Protect Affordable Housing, Alex Brown, PEW Charitable Trusts, May 25, 2022
Community garden, land trust spring from Elon partnership with Burlington neighborhood, Michael Abernethy, Elon University, May 16, 2022
South Bay land trust saves residents from displacement, Eric He, San José Spotlight, May 12, 2022
Missoula Nonprofits Turn To Surplus Bakken Homes For Affordability Solution, Cameron Evans, The Roundup, May 11, 2022
What if we made land ownership collective? Geert De Pauw, The Progressive Post, May 10, 2022
The Stuff Dreams Are Made Of, Michelle Terhune, Como Magazine, May 10, 2022
Affordable housing shouldn’t have to take a miracle, Benjamin Waddell, The Tribune, May 10, 2022
How a mobile home park in Durango saved itself from the affordable housing crisis, Sarah Flower, Boise State Public Radio News, May 9, 2022
“Fantastic” social housing development ‘Neighbourhood’ starting to take shape in Salford praised by city mayor Paul Dennett, George Lythgoe, Manchester Evening News, May 9, 2022
Moab housing crisis demands solutions as workers struggle to find places to live, Lauren Steinbrecher, KSL.com, May 6, 2022
Can communities be better landlords? Camille Squires, Quartz, May 5, 2022
She sold her home for nearly half its $1 million value. The ‘pay it forward’ deal is a new tactic in the Bay Area’s housing crisis, Lauren Hepler, San Francisco Chronicle, May 4, 2022
Community Partnership Provides New Model For Affordable Housing In King County, Aaron Allen, The Seattle Medium, May 4, 2022
A Multiethnic Community Land Trust With Eminent Domain: Boston’s Dudley Neighbors Incorporated, Felipe Listed & Lara Masetto, RioOnWatch, May 3, 2022
Black Orlando Residents Are Being Pushed Out by Home Investors, Rashad Grove, Ebony Magazine, May 3, 2022
Community Land Trusts Make Housing Affordable, Alexander Thompson & Jocelyn Yang, Yes Magazine, May 2, 2022
For first-time homebuyers, are starter homes becoming extinct? Terry Collins, USA Today, May 2, 2022
How Community Land Trusts Can Advance Black Homeownership, Faith Weekly, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, April 27, 2022
Affordable Homeownership Housing Development Completed in Central District, Elizabeth Turnbull, South Seattle Emerald, April 26, 2022
OPAL’s purchase of the Northern Heights Apartments is now fully funded, Alysha Sherburne, The Orcasonian, April 22, 2022
NYC Is Fighting for More Community Land Trust Funding, Roshan Abraham, Next City, April 21, 2022
Manatee County approves initiatives to address affordable housing and homelessness, Jesse Mendoza, Sarasota Herald-Tribune, April 20, 2022
Austin residents displaced by gentrification could own a home through a new city program, Natalia Contreras, Austin American-Statesman, April 18, 2022
This South KC neighborhood takes on blight and generational wealth — one house at a time, Jerry LaMartina, The Kansas City Beacon, April 11, 2022
Land trusts, food justice and reparations: The antidote to the toxicity in the Curtis Bay community, Monica Grover, Afro News, April 8, 2022
A $250m demand for 1,000 affordable homes, Milton Valencia, The Boston Globe, April 7, 2022
The Importance of Community Organizing in Community Land Trusts Across the World, Felipe Litsek, with translation by Sofi-Nicole Barreiro, RioOnWatch, April 5, 2022
Coops, Condos and Community Land Trusts: What Is Permissible in NY? Erica Buckley, New York Law Journal, March 31, 2022
Land donation tees up affordable homeownership in East Lake, Sean Keenan, Atlanta Civic Circle, March 30, 2022
How Community Land Trusts Can Make Homebuying More Affordable, Freddie Mac, March 28, 2022
Using a Land Trust to Right Interstate Wrongs in the Twin Cities, Cinnamon Janzer, Next City, March 25, 2022
Habitat Net Zero: An Ambitious Plan to Rehab Abandoned Buildings in Queens, Roshan Abraham, Next City, March 24, 2022
Somerville Community Land Trust Names First Executive Director, Alex Newman, Patch, March 22, 2022
The housing crisis is fraying our social fabric. Community land trusts offer a solution, Jenevieve Treadwell, Inside Housing, March 22, 2022
D.C.’s Robust Tenant Laws Allowing Local Land Trust To Grow Quickly, Jacob Wallace, Bisnow Washington, D.C., March 15 ,2022
Community-owned land as a way to challenge gentrification: El Sereno Land Trust opens second space, Arlyn Lopez, University Times, March 11, 2022
East NY Land Trust Targets 18 Vacant City-Owned Properties For Community Ownership, Nigel Roberts, BK Reader, March 9, 2022
Can These Factory-Built Homes On The West Side Help Fix Chicago’s Affordable Housing Shortage?, Pascal Sabino, Block Club Chicago, March 8, 2022
Black-led urban farms are thriving – until they have to fight for their land, Patrice Worthy, The Guardian, March 5, 2022
Burnaby eyes hundreds of rental homes being built on city-owned land in Edmonds, Chris Campbell, Burnaby Now, March 5, 2022
Peter Marcuse passed away on March 4, 2022. Here is his obituary, Peter Marcuse’s Blog, March 4, 2022
As NYC Considers Scrapping Tax Lien Sale, Land Trust Plan Gains Steam, David Brand, CIty Limits, February 28, 2022
Wide open spaces are good for the heart — and integral to Sheridan County’s identity, Chris Vrba, The Sheridan Press, February 26, 2022
Students on a Mission to Build Affordable Housing Say Alex Pedersen Is No Help at All, Hannah Krieg, The Stranger, February 25, 2022
Sheridan Community Land Trust earns national recognition, The Sheridan Press, February 24, 2022
City looks at two properties for affordable housing projects, Grace McCarthy, The Northern Light, February 23, 2022
Corey Jones Isle Provides Affordable Homeownership Opportunities in Delray Beach, Florida, HUD USER / PD&R Edge, February 23, 2022
Displacement-Proofing San Francisco’s Tenderloin District, Sarah Holder, Bloomberg CityLab + Equality, February 18, 2022
Bad Credit? No Savings? Unconventional (Maybe Risky) Ways to Buy a Home, Stefanos Chen, The New York Times, February 18, 2022
West Charlotte neighbors expand community land trust to provide affordable homeownership, Briana Harper, WCNC, February 17, 2022
Can these Black business owners save the heart of Leimert Park from gentrification?, Erika Smith, Los Angeles Times, February 17, 2022
Mountain towns across the West are facing a housing crisis. Can the Methow break the mold? Gregory Scruggs, The Seattle Times, February 12, 2022
Africatown Community Land Trust and Community Roots Housing Break Ground on Affordable Mixed Use Development in Central Seattle, 3BL CSRwire, February 11, 2022
How Nashville’s community land trust aims to preserve housing affordability and build generational wealth, Alexis Marshall, WPLN News, February 11, 2022
Somerville Community Land Trust looks to address housing affordability, access, Chris Duncan, The Tufts Daily, February 11, 2022
Garrick R. Good Works to Meet Baltimore’s Affordable Housing Needs, Abigail Green, Baltimore Magazine, February 10, 2022
Nashville’s first Community Land Trust home is completed, Olivia Michael, NewsChannel 5, February 7, 2022
Grant to bring sustainable workforce housing to Tahoe, Tahoe Daily Tribune, February 7, 2022
Oakland Home Histories: How an 1800s Victorian became a land trust cooperative, Natalie Ornstein, The Oaklandside, February 4, 2022
Organizers hope Africatown Plaza will help the Black community thrive in Seattle’s Central District, Erica Zucco, NBC5, February 5, 2022
Africatown breaks ground on affordable housing and more in Seattle’s Central District, Heidi Groover, The Seattle Times, February 5, 2022
Is Community Land Ownership a Feasible Option for the Future of Stokes Croft? Jess Earley, Bristol 24/7, February 3, 2022
With Donations as Small as $20, Land Trust Makes $9.4M Affordable Housing Buy in S.F., Oscar Perry Abello, Next City, February 1, 2022
Community land trust: a proven model to address Indy’s housing crisis, Homes for All Indy, Indianapolis Recorder, January 21, 2022
When housing costs soar, Minnesota tenants and homebuyers get creative, Twila Dang and Maja Beckstrom, MPR News, January 18, 2022
Philly community groups could get priority in sale of thousands of vacant city lots under new bill, Sophia Schmidt, WHYY/PBS, January 14, 2022
Community leaders form land trusts to tackle affordable housing shortage, Leslie Bonilla Muñiz, Indianapolis Business Journal, January 14, 2022
Nonprofit brings a new kind of affordable housing to Door County, Winifred Bird, Washington Island Observer, January 12, 2022
How St. Paul Became Home to Minnesota’s First Commercial Community Land Trust, Cinnamon Janzer, Next City, January 10, 2022

2021

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
Land Trusts Could Soon Come To Muskoka, Hunters Bay Radio, 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
Rep. Alex Ramel considering community land trust legislation next session, Aaron Kunkler, Washington State Wire, August 25, 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

2020

Community Land Trusts, Building Common Ground Across Europe – EU Policy Conference, Brussels Community Land Trust, December 4, 2020
Community Land Trusts and the Struggle for the Right to the City: Dialogue on Rio and Mozambique, Rio On Watch / Catalytic Communities, October 20, 2020
Perspectives on the Community Land Trust: An interview with John Emmeus Davis, Line Algoed, and María E. Hernández-Torrales, by James Tracy, Shelterforce Magazine (October 14, 2020)
Opening Doors: Land Banks and Community Land Trusts Partner to Unlock Affordable Housing Opportunities, Emma Zehner, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, October 7, 2020
Community land trusts could help heal segregated cities, Mark Rosalind and Christopher Boone, Street Roots, October 7, 2020
En busca de tierras a perpetuidad para la agricultura sostenible, Cándida Cotto, CLARIDAD, August 2020
Community Land Trust Builds Social Housing to Curb Affordability Crisis, Brittany Ebeling, Shareable, July 23, 2020
Black Commons, Community Land Trusts, and Reparations, David Bollier, Resilience, July 22, 2020
How to Make This Year’s Eviction Crisis Our Last, Peter Sabonis, Nonprofit Quarterly, June 17, 2020 (English)
Flexibility Key to Vermont Nonprofit’s COVID-19 Homeless Housing Pivot, Nicole Martinez, Shelterforce Magazine, June 3, 2020 (English).
Woodland Community Land Trust, Eliza Spellman, Resilience, June 3, 2020