Community land trusts have a long history of helping people afford a home. In a time of skyrocketing housing prices, that’s more important than ever.
"We really would like to see the state step in... Now is a moment to push for limited-equity co-ops and community land trusts as an alternative."
Busting into an empty house was a last resort, but the pandemic has turned her precarious housing situation into an emergency.
After months of organizing that included the establishment of two protest encampments, Philadelphia’s unhoused people successfully pushed the city to agree to provide housing on a community land trust on October 14.
The United States is in the middle of a massive housing crisis. The community land trust (CLT) model is highly flexible, and has huge potential for addressing the affordable housing crisis in America today.can help address it.
Acquiring and administering property should not be housing movements’ only goals — advocacy for affordable housing must be coupled with bottom-up control by residents.
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