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An Ohio land bank adds to its developing power through a nonprofit land trust.

Community development fits well within the growing resilience movement—and connecting the two more explicitly could make their work even more powerful.

A new program invests in the belief that community land trusts can become more than a boutique housing solution.

  People live in communities because natural and human-made resources make them productive places to live, work, and play. Because geographically based resources are gifts of nature or created by […]

Rose Johnson stands nervously in a crowded room in Gulfport, Mississippi, surrounded by out-of-towners. With $1,000 in her pocket, she competes in the local tax sale to buy property in […]

For some homeowners at risk of losing their home, City of Lakes Community Land Trust has been able to keep them in place by bringing their home into the land trust.

An Interview with Chokwe Lumumba, mayor of Jackson, Mississippi

It’s time to take factory-built homes seriously as affordable housing.

[Editor’s Note: How can arts and culture support community development work? It’s a big topic these days. The following is an excerpt from a field scan commissioned by ArtPlace America […]

When we put out a call for essays about the meaning of community control of land, we expected we might get a handful of responses. Instead we got dozens and dozens, coming from all different parts of the country, from residents and researchers, activists and advocates. We clearly touched a nerve.

Our belief is that community in CLTs emerges not from the simple fact of membership, but from the relationships, cooperative efforts—and disputes–of those occupying and making decisions over the land.

Four New York-based organizations work together to place every homeownership unit they develop into a community land trust.