The links below highlight just a few of the many successful community land trusts currently operating around the world: Homestead Community Land Trust, Seattle Portland Community Land Trust Proud Ground Dudley Neighbours Inc Champlain Housing Trust Links to Australian Community Land Trust advocates and supporters: The Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI) - a national not-for-profit independent network organisation that funds, conducts, disseminates and tailors high quality research on: housing, homelessness, cities, and indigenous issues to inform the policies and practices of governments, industry and the community sector, and to stimulate debate in the broader Australian community. Haven - helping and housing people in crisis for more than two decades. Good material on affordable housing. http://vcoss.org.au Other useful materials: Australian CLT Manual - A manual to provide the emerging community land trust (CLT) sector in Australia with useable resources to address the operational, legal and financial issues and decisions facing potential CLTs in Australia. Enabling Community Land Trusts in Australia - This book builds on and complements the Australian CLT Manual firstly by addressing questions emerging from the sector, including considerations for financial institutions looking to lend to residents buying their housing equity; and secondly, by documenting case studies of organisations establishing CLT housing in a range of locations and markets. |
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