Community Land Trusts (CLTs)
Overview \
Support Organizations \ Models
& Best Practices
Research Resources \ Articles-Publications
SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS
Burlington Associates in Community Development
www.burlingtonassociates.com
Burlington Associates in Community Development LLC is a national consulting cooperative, specializing in the creation of community land trusts, along with other strategies for building community assets like limited equity cooperatives, community development corporations, and community development financial institutions.
E.
F. Schumacher Society
www.schumachersociety.org
The EF Schumacher Society is dedicated to achieving the goals
of economic and ecological sustainability through the principle
of decentralism. In support of these aims, the Schumacher
Society offers lectures, educational programs, and extensive
research resources.
Institute for
Community Economics
www.nhtinc.org/ice.php
ICE's revolving loan fund provides financing to community land trusts, limited equity cooperatives and nonprofit organizations creating housing that is permanently affordable to people with lower incomes. Since 1979 ICE has loaned $44 million, representing more than 445 loans to community organizations in 30 states, facilitating the development of more than 4,500 housing units.
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National Community
Land Trust Network
www.cltnetwork.org/index.php
Backed by the Cambridge, MA-based Lincoln Institute of Land Policy,
the National Community Land Trust Network's founding conference,
held in Boulder, Colorado in July 2006, was attended by over 300
housing leaders. Already more than 50 community land trusts have
joined the network. The group aims to develop a strong system of
education and training for the growing community land trust sector.
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