Under the Lens
Community Ownership Takes Center Stage
Community land trusts and cooperatives are two of the most prominent models of community ownership, and ones we’ve written about for many years. In this series we take a focused look at some of the ways these forms of community ownership are evolving.
How Community Ownership Is Evolving
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You Can’t Carbon Copy Community Ownership
The one constant in all community ownership strategies should be a centering of a particular community’s needs and goals.
Durham’s Community Land Trust Allows Generations of Families to Continue Living in Their Hometown
CLT works in one of the oldest and largest historically Black neighborhoods in Durham.
From Mobile Home Parks to Multifamily Housing Cooperatives
Could the networks that support resident-owned mobile home park communities shift their focus to support residents of multifamily buildings?
Cooperatives and Community Land Trusts: Natural Partners?
Can the community land trust model provide the kind of longevity and professional oversight that limited-equity cooperatives often lack?
Why Nonprofit Cooperatives Are Thriving in Zurich
Not a single cooperative has left this Zurich program since it was introduced more than a century ago. How does it work?
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