Emily Thaden

6 Posts

Emily Thaden is the director of National Policy and Sector Strategy at Grounded Solutions Network, a national nonprofit membership organization consisting of community land trusts, inclusionary housing programs, and nonprofits that support housing with lasting affordability.
Community Control

Community Land Trusts: Combining Scale and Community Control

This is no longer my neighborhood.” Too often, communities of color that experience new investments report that the changes are a detriment to their lives, and a benefit to newcomers, […]

A group of residents stand outside of the Oak Hill Meeting House holding a sign that reads "We Own It." They are clapping and cheering.
Community Development Field

The State of Shared-Equity Homeownership

Though the need is greater than ever for resale-restricted, affordable homes, the growth of this model of homeownership appears to be limited.

Row of trailer homes with mountains in the background.
Homeownership

Duty to Serve: A Boon for Shared Equity Homeownership

Shared equity homeownership programs just had a big win.

Housing

Land Banks and Community Land Trusts: Not Synonyms or Antonyms. Complements

Land banks and community land trusts (CLTs) are often perceived as one and the same. That doesn’t reflect reality.

Community Control

Mission Above Method

Shelterforce is graciously allowing me to weigh in on a current topic of debate within the field of “shared equity homeownership” or “permanently affordable housing,” namely the relative merits of […]

Housing

Stewardship Works

Community land trusts succeed in curing delinquencies and preventing foreclosures, and the numbers show it.