community ownership

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

Tenant organizing in Baltimore today is building on a rich legacy of tenant resistance in the city where residential redlining made its debut.

As communities across the country begin promoting density to address the affordable housing crisis, they must grapple with how that housing will be built, and for whom.

Community development has long made attempts at wealth building, with a focus on trying to find successful or innovative models that can be replicated. And yet the transformational change we’ve […]

When a CLT grows, the “community” it represents can sometimes be more difficult to define. But to some extent it always was.

How is community control of housing realized? We explore different community ownership structures, how tenants form a cooperative, and how larger housing nonprofits can incorporate residents into decision-making.

The latest Shelterforce series takes a closer look at community land trusts and cooperatives to see how both are evolving.

Community development organizations are recognizing that community expertise is valuable and that residents should be compensated for it.

Community economic development is not just a matter of helping some households to get jobs and pay their bills. Done thoughtfully, it’s about . . .