This paper by the National Housing Institute (publishers of Shelterforce) for Cornerstone Partnership (now part of Grounded Solutions Network) looks at innovative local affordable homeownership programs around the country that have found ways to make ownership accessible and also much safer and more sustainable, while concurrently achieving long-term affordability.
Read MoreThis case study analyzes outcomes for Thistle Community Housing’s Community Land Trust, which started providing homeownership opportunities in the Boulder area to low- and moderate income households in 1996.
Read MoreThis case study analyzes outcomes for the Champlain Housing Trust (CHT), which started providing homeownership opportunities in Burlington, Vermont to low- and moderate-income families in 1984.
Read MoreIn this paper, the New America Foundation reviews the literature on homeownership as an asset building strategy for lower income households and presents a case study of a Community Land Trust.
Read MoreThis evaluation examines how effective Champlain Housing Trust has been in reliably delivering – and equitably balancing – two sets of benefits, some accruing primarily to the homeowners served by CHT (individual benefits) and some accruing primarily to society as a whole (community benefits).
Read MoreThis Lincoln Institute paper examines the Community Land Trust model in the context of another affordable homeownership program to evaluate the relative efficiency with which they both use public subsidies.
Read MoreA 2003 performance evaluation of the CLT Model using resale data from the Burlington Community Land Trust (now the Champlain Housing Trust or CHT) in Vermont.
Read MoreThis case study analyzes outcomes for the Northern Communities Land Trust (NCLT) in Duluth, Minnesota.
Read MoreA report by report by Tufts University Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning Department about the potential benefits of community land trusts in Boston, including examples of successful land trust collaborations in other cities across the country.
Read MoreThis new study supported in part by the Center for Poverty Research has found that redistricting can increase educational inequality, increase segregation within schools and hurt already disadvantaged students and communities.
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