Course Details

Community land trusts (CLTs) are place-based, nonprofit organizations formed to hold title to parcels of land to preserve their long-term availability for affordably-priced housing or other community uses. Many CLTs combine private homeownership with community ownership of land as a means to assure a permanent supply of affordable housing in their communities. This course includes a comprehensive session on the nuts and bolts of the community land trust model:

• How are CLTs structured and governed?
• How do they operate?
• And why are so many communities turning to CLTs as a preferred neighborhood revitalization and affordable housing strategy?

Participants will learn how local CLTs seek to balance the seemingly competing goals of providing limited-income homeowners with a fair return on their housing investment while seeking to assure that housing is kept affordable for future occupants of limited means, particularly as property values begin to increase in revitalizing neighborhoods. Participants will leave with a fundamental understanding of the value of shared equity homeownership and the merits of permanent housing affordability. This course is offered through the Community Land Trust Academy.

Course Length: 2 Days

Tuition: $770.0

Course counts toward a professional certificate (PCP): No