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Last updated August 2007
Alabama
Alaska
Borealis Community Land Trust
Todd Hoener
P.O. Box 81575
Fairbanks, AK 99708 tmhoener@gvea.com Recently received $583,000 revolving construction loan to construct nine affordable housing units for low-income families.
Juneau Housing Trust
6095 Thane Rd.
Juneau, AK 99801 www.juneauhousingtrust.org The Trust, which began in 2000, is currently completing the second phase of an eight-home project on Crow Hill in Douglas. While the first four homes have been sold, applications are being accepted for the second phase.
Arizona
Barrios Unidos CLT Brian Ragg
401 E. 26th St.
Tucson, AZ 85713
Newton CDC/CLT of Tempe Allen Carlson
511 West University Dr. #4
Tempe, AZ 85281
480-517-1589
Tucson Community Land Trust
1050 S. Verdugo
Tucson, AZ 85745
Arkansas
California
Community Housing Land Trust of Santa Cruz Charlotte Spitzer
P.O. Box 5275
Santa Cruz, CA 95063
831-427-5570
Community Land Trust Associate of West Marin Rae Levine
P.O. Box 273
Point Reyes, CA 94956 www.clam-ptreyes.org CLAM is a nonprofit organization created to acquire and hold land for the benefit of the community and its future generations. Their mission is to provide affordable access to land and housing while aligning the needs of the community with the protection, preservation, and restoration of the natural environment. CLAM is committed to promoting community participation in guiding growth and development, and to maintaining a diverse rural population.
Da’Hui Man’gu Community Land Trust Clare Robbin
725 Bonnie Brae Ct.
Los Angeles, CA 90026
The Da’hui Man’gu (I dreamt my house) Community Land Trust is comprised of immigrants, low wageworkers, unemployed and low-income students. They fight against evictions, discrimination and stress towards the poor caused by the high prices in housing. They promote empowerment in the community, provide quality in housing controlled by residents, and preserve the accessibility of housing for future generations.
Esperanza Community Housing Corporation Ricardo Hernandez
2337 South Figueroa St.
Los Angeles, CA 90007 www.esperanzachc.org
Esperanza Community Housing Corporation (ECHC) was founded in 1989 as a result of a 4-year organizing effort by community residents. Based on the area in which those residents lived, and the area served by the churches that worked with them, ECHC's target neighborhood was established.
Figueroa Corridor CLT Maria Ramos
2128 S. Bonsallo Avenue #1
Los Angeles, CA 90007
213-746-0087
Housing Land Trust of Sonoma County PO Box 5431
Petaluma, CA 94955 www.housinglandtrust.org The mission of the Housing Land Trust of Sonoma County is to increase home ownership opportunities to low and moderate income families in Sonoma County while ensuring permanent housing affordability through the use of a land trust model. This mission is based on the belief that (1) all working families deserve a home of their own, and (2) communities with homeowners from a broad socio-economic range are the strongest and most vibrant.
Humboldt Bay Housing Development Corporation Elizabeth Conner
PO Box 4655
Arcata, CA 95518 hbhdc@sbcglobal.net
Inglewood Neighborhood Housing Services Inc. Malannna Marioneaux 355 East Manchester Blvd.
Inglewood, CA 90301
310-674-3756 ext. 100
www.homeownershipcenter.com In its over 27 years of service, Inglewood NHS has grown from a single neighborhood effort, focusing mainly on rehabilitation lending needs, to a multiple service organization serving the South Bay area of Los Angeles County through lending, market development education and market support programs including community organizing activities. Inglewood NHS has focused on expanding its services and mission to meet the needs of the area’s low-income and minority population, especially affordability issues, through programs and services that are not available from other institutions. They provide a broad array of services including homeownership and home rehabilitation lending, education and counseling programs, housing development and resident leadership development.
Irvine Land Trust Judy Pal
1 Civic Center Plaza
Irvine, CA 92606
949-724-6077
www.ci.irvine.ca.us
The Irvine Community Land Trust was put in place in order to facilitate the city in providing a broad spectrum of housing needs for its' citizens.
Northern California Land Trust Ian Winters
3122 Shattuck Ave.
Berkeley, CA 94705 www.nclt.org Founded in 1973, the Northern California Land Trust is a leading organization in the Western United States specializing in permanently affordable housing for those who have no access to market rate housing.
Ravenswood Community Land Trust Duane Bay
810 Green St.
E Palo Alto, CA 94303
(No property acquired yet)
San Francisco Community Land Trust Tom Wetzel
San Francisco, CA 94110 www.sfclt.org San Francisco CLT’s mission is to combat displacement and discrimination, relieve the stress on the poor caused by high housing prices, promote community empowerment, and provide San Francisco with quality resident-controlled housing for very low to moderate-income households that will remain permanently affordable for future generations.
St. Joseph CLT 1041 Lyons Ave.
South Lake, CA 96150 www.saintjosephclt.org Saint Joseph Community Land Trust is a democratically controlled nonprofit corporation with a mission to provide the community with a permanent inventory of decent and affordable housing. The philosophy and actions expressed by the Corporation recognize the dignity of each person and are rooted in the Roman Catholic teachings of social justice.
Una Nueva Esperanza Dennis Lalor
9015 Murray Av. Ste 100
Gilroy, CA 95020 www.scounty.com For 25 years, South County Housing has been building community and providing low-income families with the tools and opportunities to improve their lives and their neighborhoods. SCH has developed successful programs that allow very-low income families to own attractive, well-built homes in areas where housing prices are among the nation's highest. Already having provided more than 2,000 households with affordable homes and apartments, South County Homes invests in the long-term success of communities by providing critical, life-enhancing resources for children and adults.
Colorado
Lowry Community Land Trust Kimball R. Crangle, Executive Director
173 S. Poplar St.
Denver, CO 80230
303-340-1954
www.coloradoCLT.org The Lowry Community Land Trust and the homeowner are partners in homeownership. The homeowner owns the home and the Land Trust owns the land. A small monthly payment is made to the Land Trust to lease the land, and the equity is limited. This, in turn, limits the resale price of the home. In this way, the homeowner can earn some equity toward the purchase of a new home, and the Land Trust home remains affordable for the next homebuyer.
Rocky Mountain Community Land Trust Bob Koenig
702 East Boulder St.
Colorado Springs, CO 80903 rfkoenigjr@msn.com
719-447-9300
Since its inception in Colorado Springs, Colorado in 1996, Rocky Mountain Community Land Trust (RMCLT) has helped 120 low-income families become first time homebuyers. At present RMCLT has 37 new affordable homes in the construction/development phase on already acquired land parcels. Via close collaborations with other non-profits, RMCLT has also invested in more than 100 properties in the transitional and affordable rental segments of the housing continuum. Important ingredients of RMCLT's success are the incorporation of a scattered site model, along with the provision of post purchase support.
Thistle Community Housing Aaron Miripol
1845 Folsom St.
Boulder, CO 80302 www.colorado-housing.net/thistle Thistle is the largest private non-profit provider of permanently affordable housing in Boulder County, and is expanding its services to surrounding counties. Over the last five years, Thistle has greatly expanded its affordable housing portfolio, growing from 140 to 802 homes (591 permanently affordable rentals and 211 Community Land Trust affordable homes). Over a five-year period, Thistle plans to add 1,500 permanently affordable homes – 1000 rental and 500 homeownership opportunities, with 100 of these homes in Boulder County.
Connecticut
Christian Activities Council Yvonne Price
47 Vine St.
Hartford, CT 06112 www.christianactivities.org Although it doesn’t formally identify itself as a Community Land Trust, the Christian Activities Council uses the model to manage scattered sites.
Cornwall Housing Corp. Jim Levy
PO Box 174
Cornwall, CT 06753 jlevy@snet.net Formed in 1988 with a committee approved by the town, the Cornwall Housing Corp. has an 18 unit rental property and 12 lots in its Parcel Program. The stated mission of the CHC is to provide affordable housing for Cornwall locals. This is done mainly through wage restrictions on both rental and sale properties. Resales are controlled by the corporation, with the resale price controlled by the HUD index.
Kent Affordable Housing Will Bachrach
231 Macedonia Rd.
Kent, CT 06757
(Dormant)
Litchfield Housing Trust Bob Petricone
50 E Chestnut Hill Rd.
Litchfield, CT 06759
petricone@post.harvard.edu
(Dormant)
Naugatuck Valley Project 26 Ludlow St.
Waterbury, CT 06710 www.naugatuckvalleyproject.org The NVP works to build a powerful regional network of member institutions capable of effecting change and bringing about tangible improvements in the quality of life in the Valley, especially for the poor and disenfranchised. They utilize two, mutually reinforcing strategies: community organizing, which trains grassroots leaders and can create a strong citizens’ organization to empower people, enhance democratic dialogue and influence public decision-making; and developing democratic economic institutions such as worker-owned companies, housing cooperatives and community land trusts, which can give communities a measure of control over ownership, resources, and destiny.
Old Lyme Affordable Housing Trust Les Reynolds
PO Box 1044
Old Lyme, CT 06371 lesdiane@juno.com
Old Lyme Affordable Housing Trust is a local private 501(c)(3) spnosored by the local Council of Churches, with the goal of providing affordable housing - primarily for young families as there are two other organizations in Old Lyme serving the elderly and disabled. They have built three homes on donated land now held in trust, and are actively looking to acquire more land for development. OLAH is looking for organizations/people who can help make a strong case to local indviduals and officials regarding the benefits of having adequate affordable hosuing.
Sharon Housing Trust Christopher Clow
Sharon, CT
860-364-8098
Regional CLT of Southern Delaware/Diamond State CLT Marlena Gibson PO Box 1633
Dover, DE 19903 www.housingforall.org The mission of the Delaware Housing Coalition is to advocate for safe, decent and affordable housing throughout the state. The goal is to affect, impact and shape the environment relating to housing.
District of Columbia
New Columbia CLT
Pamela Jones
1419 V St. NW
Washington, DC 20009 http://www.cdsc.org/ncclt/
Located in the heart of the nation's capital, the New Columbia Community Land Trust, Inc. is a community-based, land acquisition, housing development, and community education organization.
Florida
Bahama Conch CLT of Key West
Norma Jean Sawyer-Atanda
325 Julia St.
Key West, FL 33040 http://www.bahamaconchclt.org/ In February of 1995, five native residents of the African American community in Key West pledged to begin an effort to preserve their historic community. These residents were concerned with the gentrification of the neighborhood, and the deterioration of the historic residences and structures in the area. Beyond providing affordable housing, the BCCLT is currently developing a youth job-training program, enabling young adults from the community to learn valuable skills such as carpentry, contracting, construction, electric work and renovation and repair.
Community Housing Trust of Sarasota County Martina Guilfoil
P.O. Box 15046
Sarasota, FL 34277
941-870-3260
Delray Beach CLT Joe Gray
20 N. Swinton Ave.
Delray Beach, FL 33444
561-276-8640
Escambia County Community Land Trust Marvin E. Ginns, Jr.
421 N. Reus St.
Pensacola, FL 32501 www.ecclt.com The Escambia County Community Land Trust is committed to an Ongoing Development Program. ECCLT is not generally focused on a single project, but rather is committed to an active acquisition and development program that attempts to meet diverse community needs.
Gulf County Community Land Trust Dannie Bolden
PO Box 837
Port St. Joe, FL 32457
boldmanofgod@yahoo.com
Hannibal Square Community Land Trust Bedilia Campbell
PO Box 364
Winter Park, FL 32790
hannibalsquareclt@gmail.com
Lee County Community Land Trust Gloria Sajgo
Lee County Planning
Ft Myers, FL 33901
239-479-8311
Middle Keys Community Land Trust PO Box 500194
Marathon, FL 33050 www.mkclt.org The Land Trust owns and operates an affordable rental complex called Seacrest Apartments on 91st Street in Marathon. Additionally the Trust owns The Overseas Village boasting 9 homes, and in early 2005 through funding by the Department of Community Affairs added 4 additional town homes.
Neighborhood Renaissance
Christina Hewitt, Community Land Trust Manager
510 24th Street, Suite A
West Palm Beach, FL 33407
(561) 832-6776, ext 107 chewitt@neighborhoodrenaissance.org www.neighborhoodrenaissance.org
Georgia
Athens Land Trust
Nancy Stangle
2109 West Broad St.
Athens, GA 30606 www.athenslandtrust.org/clt.htm The Athens land trust is committed to protecting 211 acres of land by holding 11 conservation easements in Athens-Clarke and Oconee counties combined. The conservation easements protect forests, river and stream corridors, wetlands and other ecologically rich areas as well as working farmland and scenic areas. What’s more, the trust works to curb pressure felt by low to moderate income community members from students and investors eager to tap into the housing market.
Newton CLT/Newton Florist Club Inc.
Faye Bush
PO Box 90843
Gainesville, GA 30501 newtown193@charter.net
Sapelo Island Cultural Revitalization Society
PO Box 6
Sapelo Island, GA 31327 www.sapeloislandgeorgia.org SICARS was founded in 1993 by Hog Hammock residents, and nonresident descendants, who wanted to gain control over the future of their community. SICARS was incorporated in 1994, has over 100 members and continues to grow each year. SICARS believes that the community can take ownership and responsibility for their future only to the extent that leadership is accountable, representative and well informed. Working through this model of community education, SICARS has taken initiatives in Land Use and Community Planning, as well as Sustainable Economic Development.
Hawaii
Kohala Community Land Trust
Steve 'Kaleopono' Norris
PO Box 1050
Kapaau, HI 96755 http://kohalalandtrust.org The Kohala CLT was created in response to the need for quality, affordable housing for North Kohala. The KCLT is intended to be a tool or mechanism for community-based land use decision-making that will work for community now and for generations to come. Information updated May 21, 2007.
Idaho
Advocates for Real Community Housing (ARCH) Rebekah Helzel
PO box 1292
Ketchum, ID
83340 www.archbc.org
208-726-4411
ARCH is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization serving the town of Ketchum, Idaho.
Illinois
Chicago Community Land Trust Martha Wiles
33 North LaSalle St. 2nd Floor
Chicago, IL 60602 www.cityofchicago.org/housing
The Chicago Community Land Trust was created by the City of Chicago in 2006 to preserve the long-term affordability of homeownership opportunities for low-income and moderate-income households, particularly those opportunities that are created through city programs.
Citizen’s Lighthouse Community Land Trust Betty Sue Ester
P.O. Box 1303
Evanston, IL 60204 www.citizenslighthouse.org Seeking to develop affordable housing in Evanston.
First CLT of Chicago Bill Howard
3620 W. Chicago Avenue
Chicago, IL 60651
773-340-0036
773-342-0578 bill@whpdevelopmentcouncil.org www.whpdevelopmentcouncil.org
The First Community Land Trust of Chicago was incorporated in 2003. Its mission is rooted in the community of West Humboldt Park. The land trust’s purpose remains that of helping members to assume a meaningful role in shaping the course of local planning and development and increasing the availability of affordable homes in an area that lies in the path of upscale development. In addition to increasing the number of permanent affordable home ownership in the area, the land trust increases members’ earning capacity, household and personal reliance, and quality of life.
Highland Park Illinois Community Land Trust Mary Ellen Tamasy
400 Central Ave. #111
Highland Park, IL 60035 www.hpiclt.org Founded in 2003, HPICLT was the first community land trust in Illinois, and remains at the forefront of perpetually affordable housing. Their work looks to bridge the gap between the increasingly high cost of homes and the incomes of many people who live and work in the area.
Indiana
Monroe County Housing Solutions, Inc.
Jeff Stone
PO Box 511
Bloomington, IN 47402
812-334-8385
housingsolutions@insightbb.com http://cgi.hoosier.net/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/uwmonroe/viewentry?id=1013 Housing Solutions provides homeowner education and financial assistance to low-income first-time buyers. Classes are offered on a monthly basis. Housing Solutions is the state’s only community land trust developer of affordable housing. Currently, Housing Solutions is developing its second community of affordable single-family homes, with plans for a third and larger neighborhood soon to be developed.
Iowa
Greater Iowa City Housing Fellowship
Mary Ann Dennis
1700 S. First Ave. Suite 25B
Iowa City, IA 52240
thf@avalon.net
Mid America Housing Partnership
Doug Wagner
3351 Square D Dr. SW
Cedar Rapids, IA 52404 www.mahp.net The City of Dubuque recently gave MAHP a $44,000 grant for the construction of duplexes in the new Stellar Eagle addition in Dubuque. The city’s innovative pooling of these federal dollars allow for a return on investment to perpetuate the money available to the community. Additionally, the Iowa Finance Authority joined the partnership through the investment of $80,000 from the State Housing Trust Fund, and the Iowa Department of Economic Development invested $150,000 in Direct Homebuyer Assistance for these duplexes.
Story County Community Housing Corporation Richard Webb 130 S Sheldon, #304
Ames, IA 50014
www.storyhousing.org
The Story County Community Land Trust (SCCLT) has worked with other local housing non-profits to create very affordable homes. They also work to provide affordable rental properties. Using the land trust model, these homes can be kept permanently affordable so other low-income families can afford homeownership. The first home built by the Story County Community Land Trust is located at 1515 24th Street in Ames. The home was built with the help of the Story County Building Trades Class and Habitat for Humanity. Two other homes were built by Habitat for Humanity at 24th and Hoover. The land was donated by the City of Ames.
Kansas
Tenants to Homeowners Inc. with the Lawrence Community Land and Housing Trust Program Rebecca Buford
2518 Ridge Court Suite 209
Lawrence, KS 66046 www.tenants-to-homeowners.org The LCLHT offers homebuyers a subsidy to lower their upfront costs. In exchange, buyers agree to keep the home affordable for the next low-income buyer. The organization uses volunteers to help clean up construction sites and cut costs so that the savings can be passed on to clients. Community members also support the LCLHT by becoming a member of the organization. A minimum donation of $1 or one hour of service entitles members to a vote at annual meetings.
Kentucky
Lexington Community Land Trust J. Tillman
615 Deroode St.
Lexington, KY 40508
jtillman@ace-plc.com
Currently in the planning stages
Louisiana
Maine
Community Building Trust
Beth McPherson
PO Box 1374
Damariscotta, ME 04543 beth@genesisfund.org (Currently dormant)
Covenant Community Land Trust
Audrey Stone
P.O. Box 10
Orland, ME 04472 www.homecoop.net The Covenant Community Land Trust works with a house-building program in which low-income families participate in the construction of their new homes. Twenty-four houses have been built so far.
Island Housing Trust on Mount Desert Island
Chris Spruce, Executive Director
P.O. Box 851
Mount Desert, ME, 04660 http://www.islandhousingtrust.org
Islesboro Affordable Property
JoAnn Whitehead
PO Box 206
Islesboro, ME 04848
207-734-2299
Together Place Housing
150 Union St.
Bangor, ME 04401 www.mmhcommunityconnection.org/tph.htm Together Place Housing is a Bangor-based, 12 unit housing co-operative run by and for the low income adult mental health consumers who live in it. Together Place Housing is completely independent of Maine Mental Health Connections Inc. and provides well-maintained, safe, permanent, affordable (30% of income) housing.
United Voice Community Land Trust
Jill Lorom
P.O. Box 575
Bath, ME 04530 uvclt@yahoo.com
Western Mountain Land Trust
Michelle Robinson
421 Owen Mann Rd.
Farmington, ME 04938
207-778-4026
Maryland
Charm City Land Trust Jim Kelly
2500 Maryland Ave.
Baltimore, MD 21210
JimK@communitylaw.org
410-366-0922
Gateway CDC Nick Francis
PO Box 306
Mt. Ranier, MD 20712 www.gateway-cdc.org Gateway Community Development Corporation seeks to revitalize the three municipalities of Mount Rainier, Brentwood and North Brentwood to create a safe, attractive, vibrant and well-educated community enriched by the presence of artists and arts organizations, where diversity is embraced as an asset. Gateway CDC uses civic engagement, arts resources and leveraged partnerships to advance commercial and residential development and expand programs and services to residents and business owners in our communities.
Massachusetts
Andover Community Trust
Susan Stott
P.O. Box 5038
Andover, MA 01810 www.andoverclt.org Based on a strong belief that economic diversity is an important contributor to vital and livable communities, Andover Community Trust advocates for and develops permanently affordable homes in Andover, Massachusetts. ACT builds modest three-bedroom homes to meet the needs of eligible households who income is between 60 and 80 percent of the area median income. ACT gives preference to households with school-age children and with a member who works, lives or has children in school in Andover.
Bread and Roses Housing Mary Marra
P.O. Box 7
Lawrence MA 01842 www.brhousing.org Bread and Roses Housing was founded in 1988 to create and maintain affordable homeownership opportunities for families traditionally excluded from the housing market. Thus far, eighteen income-eligible families have realized their dream of homeownership and become first-time home buyers with the support and assistance of Bread & Roses Housing Community Land Trust.
Citizens for Adequate Housing Inc. V. Sidmore
42 Washington St.
Peabody, MA 01960 http://shelterandhousing.org Over 20 years of combating homelessness, providing shelter and affordable housing for families.
Community Land Trust in the Southern Berkshires Susan Witt
P.O. Box 276
Great Barrington, MA 01230
www.clandtrust.org Formed in 1980 the Community Land Trust in the Southern Berkshires holds three tracts of land: a ten acre residential site in South Egremont which includes the E. F. Schumacher Library, Forest Row a residential neighborhood of 18 units in a combination of single and multiple buildings, and Indian Line Farm the first Community Supported Agriculture Farm in North America.
Community Land Trust of Cape Ann 302 Essex Ave.
Gloucester, MA 01930 www.wellspringhouse.org For 25 years, Wellspring House has been helping families move out of poverty to achieve more secure and fulfilling lives. An advocate for social justice, Wellspring House is a non-profit organization that annually provides education, emergency shelter, affordable housing, job training, family support and mentoring programs to hundreds of families on Boston’s North Shore. Wellspring House is rooted in the vision of a just society in which people live interdependently and all have access to homes, education, and community support.
Dudley Neighbors Inc. Jason Webb
504 Dudley St
Roxbury, MA 02119 www.dsni.org Threatened with the prospect of urban renewal projects, the Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative took action. Through community mobilization, the Dudley Street Initiative was radically successful in revitalizing a dismal Roxbury neighborhood into a hopeful, progressive urban village.
Falmouth Housing Trust Jeff Oppenheim
PO Box 704
Falmouth, MA 02541
Framingham Community Land Trust Sam Swisher
Memorial Building, Room 102
Framingham, MA 01702
ss@framinghamma.gov
Gardner Community Land Trust
Robert L. Hubbard
115 Pleasant St., Room 201
Gardner, MA 01440
rhubbard@gardner-ma.gov
978-630-4011
Holyoke Community Land Trust
Sarah Page
c/o Hap, Inc.
322 Main St.
Springfield, MA 01105 www.masshousinginfo.org/hap (Currently dormant, reforming under HAP, Inc. )
HAP serves Hampden and Hampshire counties in Western Massachusetts including Holyoke, Longmeadow, Northampton and Springfield. In addition to providing a broad choice in affordable housing, HAP offers rental assistance programs, emergency shelter and transitional assistance, first-time homebuyer education and assistance, a home modification loan program and property management training services among others.
Housing Land Trust for Cape Cod Judith Barnet
PO Box 1286
Centreville, MA 02632 www.hltcc.org The housing Land Trust for Cape Cod is an innovative partnership of the housing, environmental and business communities dedicated to the creation of permanently affordable housing for Cape Cod residents. As a CLT, the guiding philosophy of the HLTCC is to provide affordable housing for the community in an environmentally sensitive manner through the reuse of existing properties, the acquisition of suitable land, and through the adoption of practices that support the protection of the Cape’s fragile environment and the preservation of its natural resources.
Island Affordable Housing Fund Emily Graham Levett
PO Box 4769
Vineyard Haven, MA 02568 www.iahf.vineyard.net The IAHF raises money from a broad cross-section of donors to provide grants and technical assistance to organizations working to increase the supply of year-round affordable housing on Martha’s Vineyard. Current priorities include an affordable housing loan pool supported and administered by the four local banks directed toward qualified first-time buyers, subsidizing small, mixed income clusters in neighborhoods, rescuing houses slated for demolition and moving them to vacant land, and land acquisition for future housing.
Island Housing Trust Philippe Jordi
346 State Road
Vineyard Haven, MA 02568 www.vineyardhousing.org The Vineyard Housing Trust serves Martha’s Vineyard in trying to maintain a diverse economic demographic through providing affordable housing. So far, the trust has been successful in collecting small clusters of land across the island. A democratically elected panel, which represents the interests of both IHT residents and the community as a whole, makes decisions pertaining to the use of community held land.
Valley Community Land Trust Megan McDonough
PO Box 1552
Greenfield, MA 01302
413-218-0683
mcdonough.megan@gmail.com
Worcester Common Ground
Stephen Patton
7-11 Bellevue St.
Worcester, MA 01609 info@wcg-cdc.org
Michigan
Dwelling Place Dennis Sturtevant
101 Sheldon Blvd. Suite 2
Grand Rapids, MI 49503 www.dwellingplacegr.org Dwelling Place improves the lives of people by creating quality affordable housing, providing essential support services and serving as a catalyst for neighborhood revitalization.
Home Place Community Land Trust PV Roby
333 Parkland Plaza
Ann Arbor, MI 48103 www.homeplaceclt.org Homeplace Community Land Trust seeks to create a supply of permanently affordable housing for low to moderate income households in Washtenaw County.
Homestretch William R. Merry
10850 E. Traverse Hwy Ste 4004
Traverse City, MI 49684 www.homestretchhousing.org Homestretch is a nonprofit regional developer of affordable housing serving the counties of Antrim, Benzie, Grand Traverse, Kalkaska and Leelanau. Since its incorporation in 1996, Homestretch has been a leader in building and rehabilitating affordable homes for purchase and lease by low-income families. Featured in the August 2002 edition of Northern Living and the Summer 2001 edition of Rural Matters, a publication of the Community Economic Development Corporation of Michigan, Homestretch is a widely accredited name in the Michigan affordable housing sector.
Mackinac Island Housing Corp. Ellen Putnam
PO Box 105
Mackinac, MI 49757
Recently received a grant to construct affordable housing for year-round residents from The Community Foundation.
Northern Homes CDC Jane Mackenzie
P.O. Box 86
Boyne City, MI 49712 http://www.boynechamber.com/minisites/northern_homes/index.htm Northern Homes Community Development Corporation was created to address the growing need for affordable housing in the Northern Michigan area of Antrim, Charlevoix, Cheboygan, Crawford, Emmet and Otsego counties. Northern Homes CDC is an independently run, private nonprofit organization governed by a board of directors representing a broad cross-section of the community.
Oceana’s Home Partnership Ron May
204 Washington St.
Hart, MI 49420 www.oceanashome.org Offers a number of homeowner education workshops, and homeowner/homebuyer assistance programs.
Minnesota
Cannon River Community Land Trust
Joel West
Northfield, MN 55075
507-645-3006
Chaska Community Land Trust
Mary Welch
Chaska City Hall
Chaska, MN 55318 www.chaskalandtrust.org The Chaska Community Land Trust is committed to supporting diversity of housing for citizens at all stages of their life. They work to fulfill the vision of permanent affordable housing, offering a choice to homebuyers to live where they work.
City of Lakes Community Land Trust
Sarah Hannigan/ Jeff Washburne
2017 East 38th St.
Minneapolis, MN 55407 www.clclt.org The City of Lakes Community Land Trust partners with builders and developers, both non-and for-profit, to create new houses and sell them to CLT homebuyers. These can be single-family homes, twin homes, townhouses and duplexes. These homes could also be a part of larger developments, or can be individual homes in established neighborhoods. When a developer partners with CLCLT, they are committed to ensuring that their housing units will always be affordable for low to moderate- income buyers.
First Homes Community Land Trust
Sean Allen
2200 Second St., SW
Rochester, MN 55902-4125 www.firsthomes.org The Rochester Area Foundation’s First Homes initiative was launched in 1999 as an effort to alleviate a severe housing shortage by creating 875 housing units for working families in a 30-mile radius of Rochester.
Greater Frogtown CDC
Kris Graham
533 N. Dale St.
St. Paul, MN 55103 www.greaterfrogtowncdc.org The Greater Frogtown Community Development Corporation’s mission is to take a comprehensive approach to community development. It will emphasize affordable housing development for low to moderate income residents and lead in the economic development and community building activities that will improve the strength of the community and the image of the Frogtown neighborhoods.
Northern Communities Land Trust
Jeff Corey
206 West 4th St. Suite 112
Duluth, MN 55806 www.landtrustduluth.org Northern Communities Land Trust is a local, non-profit, community-supported membership organization that has been working in Duluth since 1990 toward its mission of providing quality, affordable homeownership opportunities for low and moderate-income people. The NCLT is a member of the National Community Land Trust Network (www.communitylots.org).
Rondo Community Land Trust
Greg Finzel
626 Selby Ave.
St. Paul, MN 55104 www.rondoclt.org Rondo Community Land Trust is a community-based affordable housing land trust working to create and preserve homeownership for low to moderate income households in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
Two Rivers Community Land Trust
Teresa Van der Bent
3880 Laverne Av. N, Suite 275
Lake Elmo, MN 55043 www.tworiversclt.com
West Hennepin Affordable Housing land Trust
Janet Lindbo
5101 Thimson Ave., Suite 200
Minnetonka, MN 55344 www.homeswithinreach.org West Hennepin Affordable Housing Land Trust, program known as Homes Within Reach creates, sustains and preserves affordable homeownership opportunities for working households in the western suburbs of Hennepin County. HWR offers the opportunity for people to live in communities in which they work and or reside, creating stable communities and households, through the advantages of homeownership. By preserving and recycling available resources, the program maximizes the public and private investment being made in workforce housing.
Woodbury Community Land trust
8301 Valley Creek Rd.
Woodbury, MN 06095
651-714-3500
Mississippi
LIFT, Inc.
94 S. Thomas St.
Tupelo, MS 38801-4355
662-842-9511
(Currently being planned)
North Gulfport Community Land Trust
Rose Johnson
4803 Indiana Ave.
Gulfport, MS 39501
228-863-3677 http://www.greenrelief.net/article.php?id=346 Working in response to the devastation of Hurricane Katrina to rebuild a once vibrant African American community.
Missouri
Ozark Regional Land Trust
Gregg Galbraith
427 S. Main St.
Carthage, MO 64836 www.orlt.org ORLT has over thirty projects protecting more than 12,000 acres of land throughout the region it operates in: Missouri, Arkansas, Southeast Kansas and Northwest Oklahoma. It has been instrumental in protecting many natural and geological features such as waterfalls, caves, significant springs, bluffs, forests, prairies, glades, rivers and wetlands. ORLT also preserves urban open space, agriculture lands, historic places and sensitive ecological sites protecting wildlife and endangered species.
Red Brick Community Land Trust
Mark Bohnert
1919 S. Broadway
St. Louis, MO 63104 markrby@yahoo.com
Red Brick CLT is working to provide affordable housing amidst the city’s rampant gentrification.
Montana
Human Resource Development Council
Jeffrey K. Rupp
32 S Tracy St.
Bozeman, MT 59715 www.thehrdc.org The HRDC is a leading not-for-profit corporation supporting and advancing the quality of people’s lives through innovative and dedicated leadership in community development and human service. In 1992, HRDC received one of twelve Best Practices Awards given by Housing Secretary Kemp and Labor Secretary Martin, recognizing the organization’s success in designing and implementing programs which combine employment and training, housing and other community services.
North Missoula CDC
819 Stoddard St.
Missoula, MT 59802 www.nmcdc.org The Land Stewardship Program is a project of the North-Missoula Community Development Corporation, a nonprofit neighborhood-based organization working to revitalize the Northside, Westside and residential Downtown. Best known for bringing Project Playground to Missoula and preserving the pioneer Moon-Randolph Homestead in the North Hills, the NMCDC is also a member of the North Missoula Housing Partnership and has worked to provide affordable housing in the neighborhoods for 7 years. The Land Stewardship Program has received technical assistance from the Institute for Community Economics, a support organization for community land trusts.
Nebraska
Nevada
Las Vegas Community Land Trust
Bill Arent
400 Stewart Ave.
Las Vegas, NV 89101 www.lasvegasnevada.gov barent@lasvegasnevada.gov
Office of Business Development says it is currently working with the Planning Department and will need some months to get the project off the ground.
New Hampshire
Laconia Area Community Land Trust
Linda Harvey
658 Union Ave.
Laconia, NH 03247-6104 www.laclt.org The stated mission of the LACLT is to assist low and moderate-income families achieve economic self-sufficiency through the development of permanently affordable housing opportunities and associated support programs. This is largely accomplished through their 97 permanently affordable family rental units, in addition to the 70 rental units in development, as well as free homebuyer seminars, and a transitional housing program for homeless families.
Cheshire Housing Trust
Connie Andrews
39 Central Square
Keene NH 03431
603-357-7603
Provides affordable housing opportunities for Cheshire County residents with modest incomes, including rentals, resident support programs, and first-time homebuyer education and counseling.
Cold Pond Community Land Trust
Barbara and Stephen Davis
P.O. Box 212
Acworth, NH 03601 www.coldpondclt.org Formed on May 19, 2000, Cold Pond Community Land Trust is an organization in which the resources of our forest and farmland, watershed, wildlife habitat and open space are made available to residents and community members. Our non-profit status assures that this land can be kept available for current and future residents to live on and enjoy. Strengthening the local community and protecting the environment are of paramount importance to the land trust.
Concord Area Trust for Community Housing
Rosemary Heard
79 South State St.
Concord NH 03301 www.catchhousing.org CATCH provides access to safe, stable and affordable housing in Concord and throughout Merrimack County. CATCH has created 166 units of permanently affordable housing in the Concord area since its founding in 1989, and another project is currently underway. CATCH has also recently begun Homes Downtown, an initiative to increase owner occupation rates in downtown Concord neighborhoods. The trust has received regional and national awards.
Contoocook Housing Trust
Alice Altman
PO Box 216
New Ipswich, NH 03071-0216 www.housingtrust.org
info@housingtrust.org
The Contoocook Housing Trust exists to provide affordable rental and homeownership opportunities for low and moderate-income families in the Monadnock Region of south central New Hampshire. As of now, the trust owns approximately 55 units plus one mobile home site, and also has two active homeownership loans.
New Jersey
North Camden Land Trust
José Sanchez
539 State St.
Camden, NJ 08102 www.nclandtrust.org The North Camden Land Trust works in areas of Camden long neglected by city and state officials. The Trust works to rehabilitate and build new homes. What’s more, the NCLT founded a construction crew that originally worked only on land trust projects, but has since moved to become a for-profit subsidiary, the North Camden Community Builders.
New Mexico
Tierra Madre Jean Miller
Box 1768
Sunland Park, NM 88063 www.geocities.com/tmadre/ Founded in 1995, Tierra Madre is a non-profit creating an intercultural and sustainable community on the U.S. – Mexico border. Currently, their Community Center has been completed, and a long awaited access road has been finished. Additionally, five families recently graduated as straw bale builders after completing the model home. Using their new skills, together they built and are now living in their new, energy efficient, passive solar, straw bale homes. Nine more families have begun building their homes.
Santa Fe Community Housing Trust Sharron Welsh
500 West San Francisco
Santa Fe, NM 87501 www.santafecommunityhousingtrust.com Founded in 1991, the Santa Fe Community Housing Trust is committed to helping residents of northern New Mexico find affordable housing by providing counseling, training, and financial assistance to first-time homeowners while working with banks and other housing agencies to obtain favorable mortgage financing. The Trust has completed construction of 200 homes, completed 6 projects, and currently has another 6 in development. Furthermore, the trust provides housing assistance for people living with HIV/AIDS, and offers homebuyer training and counseling.
Sawmill Community Land Trust Connie Chavez
S904 19th St. NW
Albuquerque, NM 87125-5181 www.sawmillclt.org The community land trust was developed to protect low-income residents from gentrification and to enable them to make decisions and to benefit from the redevelopment of the area. Sawmill is adjacent to the downtown business district and the historic Old Town area, one of New Mexico’s biggest tourist attractions.
New York
Albany Community Land Trust Susan Cotner
255 Orange St.
Albany NY 12210 www.albanyclt.com Since 1987, the Albany CLT has managed lease-purchase and rental properties. Thus far it has acquired and redeveloped 45 properties with 58 units of low-income housing, and has sold 21 rehabilitated buildings to low-income, first-time buyers.
Community Land Trust of Schenectady Beverly Burnett
1677 Van Vranken Avenue
Schenectady, NY 12308 www.cltofschdy.org Community Land Trust of Schenectady is a democratically structured, membership based, community land trust, working to create healthy communities through permanently affordable homeownership. Ecologically sound land use is promoted by offering financial and educational support to residents of the city of Schenectady.
Community Land Trust of Southold Rev. Lorrain De Armitt
P.O. Box 62
Southold, NY 11971 www.cltofsouthold.org The CLT of Southold Town is envisioned to be a community-based, non-profit corporation that can solicit grants and loans for the purpose of building new houses, renovating old ones, and subsidizing or guaranteeing loans for leases if necessary. This flexibility enables the trust to increase the number of homes in its program and to aid first-time buyers who might otherwise have difficulty qualifying for loans. At the same time, its power to limit the increase in selling price enables it to keep housing affordable for the next buyer.
Farm Catskills
Amy Kenyon
87 Sal Bren Rd.
Delhi, NY 13753 amy@skatecreekfarm.com
Farm Catskills is currently in pursuit of 501c3 non-profit status, and is accepting memberships. Farm Catskills is devoted to education on land conservation and ethics.
Green River Community Land Trust
Kathleen Williams
Hillsdale, NY
413-274-6950 gren-river@usa.net
Green River is a non-profit membership organization formed in 2006. Relying on
modest use fees and member donations, it seeks to bring home ownership to
those of moderate income in Columbia County, where housing costs have risen
far faster than wages. Its first property is a rural acreage for four homes
where 80 percent of the land will be preserved as open space. The community is
described at the site: www.directory.ic.org, under Green River CLT in the
alphabetical listing.
Jubilee Homes of Syracuse Walter Dixie
901 Tallman St.
Syracuse NY 13204 www.jubilee-homes.org Jubilee Homes is an organization founded by ministry and residents of Syracuse’s Southwest side in response to the tremendous need for decent and affordable housing. The goal of the organization is to achieve long-term revitalization through providing affordable home-ownership and/or rental opportunities, building shared values and a sense of community, supporting local small business and preparing area youth for future leadership responsibilities.
NENA CLT Shirley Edwards
1499-1501 Clifford Ave.
Rochester, NY 14609 www.nena10.com Operating through 3 different organizations representing the communities that they serve, NENA is a resident driven planning initiative committed to the revitalization of northeast Rochester neighborhoods, through citizen empowerment and ownership.
RAIN Community Land Trust Ruth Torres
297 E 7 St. Apt. 4
New York, NY 10079
ruthiet_456@hotmail.com
South Country Community Land Trust Carol Holtz
PO Box 61
Brookhaven, NY 11719 www.southcountrycommunitylandtrust.orgThe South Country CLT is primarily concerned with the need for affordable housing, including both rental and ownership. It is currently in the planning stages.
North Carolina
Durham Community Land Trust Selina Mack
1208 West Chapel Hill St.
Durham, NC 27701 www.dclt.org Serving neighborhoods of Southwest Central Durham by providing permanently affordable housing to low and moderate income people while at the same time promoting community revitalization in the neighborhoods in which it serves.
Orange Community Housing and Land Trust Robert Dowling
104-C Jones Ferry Rd.
Carrboro, NC 27510 www.ochlt.org Orange Community Housing and land Trust is a nonprofit housing developer in Orange County. Founded in 1990, the Land Trust offers high quality, affordable homes for schoolteachers, police officers, nurses, housekeepers and many other homebuyers who provide basic community services but can’t afford to live in the same community they serve.
Ohio
Brady Lake Area Development Empowerment System John Huth
117 E Oak St.
Kent, OH 44240
Community Land Cooperative of Cincinnati David Hastings
727 Ezzard Charles Drive
Cincinnati, OH 45203 www.communitylandcooperativeofcincinnati.org/ In 1980, the Community Land Cooperative of Cincinnati was organized by the West End Alliance of Churches and Ministries and local residents to resist another wave of displacement, this time by wealthy investors because the West End was declared an historic district. The goal of the Community Land Cooperative remains to keep land in community hands.
Cuyahoga Community Land Trust Marge Misak
4100 Franklin Blvd.
Cleveland, OH 44113 www.cclandtrust.org
Yellow Springs Home
Marianne MacQueen
P.O. Box 503
Yellow Springs, OH 45387 www.yshome.org Chartered in 1995, the idea behind Yellow Springs Home was to help long term community members remain in the area, to maintain economic diversity in Yellow Springs and to retain and promote racial integration. Yellow Springs Home is a membership organization, increasingly promoting the use of green building designs that are affordable, while at the same time linking their activities with smart growth.
Oregon
Central Oregon Trust for Affordable Housing Sue Smit
1010 NW 14 St.
Bend, OR 97701 www.copartnership.org Works to provide affordable housing as a means to combating poverty.
Clackamas Community Land Trust Nancy Yuill
2316 SE Willard St.
Milwaukie OR 97222 www.clackamasclt.org Clackamas CLT builds new homes or renovates existing homes that are sold to income-qualified buyers. Furthermore, Clackamas is a member-based organization that promotes the responsible stewardship of land designated specifically for permanently affordable homes.
Lincoln Heights Land Trust Homes Sharon Miller
2303 SW 1st St
Redmond, OR 97756 www.cocaan.org Lincoln Heights Land Trust works collaboratively with the Central Oregon Community Action Agency Network (COCAAN) to break the cycle of poverty by helping to remove the barriers that prevent people from achieving economic self-sufficiency.
NEDCO Sandy Halonen
775 Monroe St.
Eugene, OR 97402 www.nedcocdc.org From 1990-2004 the Neighborhood Economic Development Corporation has developed – through new construction, house moves, and renovation – over 130 quality affordable homes for low-income first-time homebuyers. They have completed developments throughout Eugene and Spring, Oregon and have several current developments in the area as well.
Portland Community Land Trust Allison Handler/ Katie Ullrich
3109-B NE Broadway
Portland, OR 97232 www.pclt.org Portland Community Land Trust is a non-profit, democratically controlled member organization that provides homeownership opportunities for low-moderate income households. PCLT gives members local community control of housing and land, and creates a permanently affordable stock of housing. The Portland Community Land Trust is 7 years old, currently has 54 homes in trust, and is expecting to reach 70 by December. Additionally the PCLT offers 118 rental units.
Sabin CDC Felicia Allender-Bryant
1488 NE Alberta St.
Portland, OR 97211
Sabin CDC provides 128 units of housing including general rental units and subsidized rental units serving families below 50% median family income. Recently made an award winning film, “Vanport: The Survivors Tale.”
Pennsylvania
Bright Side Development and Land Trust Rev. Louis Butcher
P.O. Box 2083
Lancaster, PA 17603
Saxifrage Community Land Trust Richard Taylor
4821 Baltimore Ave.
Philadelphia, PA 19143
State College Community Land Trust Ron Quinn, Executive Director
420 W. College Ave.
State College, PA 16801
e-Mail: director@scclt.org www.scclandtrust.org This small community land trust of 23 homes provides affordable housing for residents of the Borough of State College, while at the same time rehabilitating deteriorating residential neighborhoods.
Rhode Island
Church Community Housing Corporation Steve Ostiguy
50 Washington Square
Newport, RI 02840 sostiguy@cchcnewport.org 401-846-5114
Mount Hope Neighborhood Land Trust PO Box 40238
Providence, RI 02840 www.housingnetworkri.org/sub_housing_files/land_trust.htm In November 2004, the Housing Network incorporated a statewide land trust to coordinate and support the efforts of member and others to provide permanently affordable housing options in communities across Rhode Island. The statewide land trust will work with local partners to standardize paperwork and streamline administrative procedures. The statewide land trust is an important tool to counteract gentrification and escalating land values and to promote mixed income development through the state.
Olneyville Housing Corporation Frank Shea
1 Curtis St.
Providence, RI 02909 www.olneyville.org The Olneyville Housing Corporation was founded as a program of the Nickerson House Community Center in 1988 to promote the revitalization of Olneyville through the development of affordable housing opportunities for residents. Since that time, OHC has worked to stabilize the neighborhood by addressing the problems associated with an aging housing stock, decline in owner occupancy, and increasing gap between housing costs and residents’ income.
Rhode Island Community Housing Land Trust Elizabeth Debs
48 Nashua St
Providence, RI 02904 www.housingnetworkri.org In November 2004, the Housing Network incorporated a statewide land trust to coordinate and support the efforts of members and others to provide permanently affordable housing options in communities across Rhode Island. The statewide land trust works with local partners to standardize paperwork and streamline administrative procedures. The statewide land trust is an important tool to counteract gentrification and escalating land values to promote mixed income development throughout the state.
Woonsocket Neighborhood Development Corporation Joe Garlick
40 South Main St.
Woonsocket, RI 02895 www.wndc.org A resource for local community development.
Neighborhood Housing & Community Development
1000 E 11th St.
Austin, TX 78702 www.ci.austin.tx.us/housing/ The mission of NHCD is to provide housing, community development, and small business development services to benefit eligible residents so they can have access to livable neighborhoods and increase their opportunities for self-sufficiency. To accomplish this mission, NHCD directly administers a variety of programs to serve the community’s housing, community development, and economic development needs and provides grant funding to various agencies and non-profit organizations.
Vermont
Addison County Community Trust Terry McKnight
P.O. Box 256
Middlebury, VT 05753 terry@addisontrust.org The Addison County Community trust manages the property of eight mobile home parks in Addison County, with the mission of providing affordable housing to people of low to moderate income.
Brattleboro Area Community Land Trust Connie Snow
192 Canal St.
Brattleboro, VT 05301 www.baclt.org Since 1987 BACLT has created 339 units of permanently affordable housing in nine municipalities throughout Windham County. The Land Trust currently serves more than 800 residents, 41% of whom are children. In the past 19 years, BACLT has helped to restore pride, stability and sense of community through extensive housing rehabilitation work. The Land rust has taken severely dilapidated multi-family properties (considered “untouchable” by most private developers) and transformed them into decent, safe, and attractive affordable housing for lower income families. BACLT’s rehabilitation work has helped to eliminate blight, rejuvenate buildings, transform neighborhoods, and restore and preserve precious historic landmarks.
Central Vermont Community Land Trust Tim King
107 N. Main St. Room 16
Barre, VT 05641 www.cvclt.org CVCLT is a nonprofit housing organization working to provide affordable housing, property management, homebuyer education, lending and community development services to communities in central Vermont.
Champlain Housing Trust
Brenda Torpy
P.O. Box 523
Burlington, VT 05402 www.champlainhousingtrust.org
The Champlain Housing Trust was formed in October 2006 from a merger of the
Burlington Community Land Trust (the first municipally funded community land
trust) and Lake Champlain Housing (a nonprofit affordable rental agency).
CHT is the largest community land trust in the US, with over 6,000 members.
CHT provides a wide range of affordable housing opportunities including
homeownership, rental apartments, and co-op housing.
Earthbridge Doug Franz
PO Box 553
Putney, VT 05346
802-254-2151
Gilman Housing Trust Ed Stretch
PO Box 405
Newport, VT 05855 www.nekhome.com The Gilman Housing Trust is the largest rural regional housing non-profit organization in Vermont. Serving most of the Northeast Kingdom, the GHT continues to preserve historic buildings and revitalize neighborhoods well into its 20th year.
Lamoille Housing Partnership Robin Pierce
PO Box 637
Morrisville, VT 05661
robinp@pshift.com
For 10 years, Lamoille Housing Partnership has worked to improve the housing stock in Lamoille Valley. Of the 84 units in LHP’s rental housing portfolio, 81 are historic buildings. LHP describes the work as satisfying, “for the heart and soul of a building will always be in the people who live within its walls.”
Rockingham Area CLT Jeff Staudinger, Executive Director
90 Main St., Suite 1
Springfield, VT 05156
802-885-3220 ex.220 www.raclt.org RACLT is a community-based non-profit organization dedicated to maximizing housing oppurtunities for people in southeastern Vermont. They own over 300 perpetually affordable apartments and mobile home lots, and steward the perpetual affordability of 60 single-family homes. They seek to promote sustainable community development, the wise use of natural resources and the personal growth of those they serve.
Rutland County Community Land Trust Elizabeth Kulas
128 Merchant Row, Suite 606
Rutland, VT 05701
ekulas@rcclt.org
Twin Pines Housing Trust Bruce Pacht 106 Railroad Row
White River Junction, VT 05001 www.twinpineshousingtrust.com Twin Pines Housing Trust, a non-profit housing developer located in the Upper Connecticut River Valley, is dedicated to perpetual affordable housing. Since its inception in 1990, they have given hundreds of families the opportunity to live in safe, affordable housing throughout the New Hampshire and Vermont towns of the Upper Valley.
Washington
Community Housing Coalition Kat Gjovik
Brainbridge Island, WA 98110
chckat@bihhhs.org
Evergreen Land Trust Teresa Vaughn
18318 Periwinkle Lane
Mount Vernon, WA 98274 www.evergreenlandtrust.org The Evergreen Land Trust Association holds cooperative houses, farms, and forestlands in the Puget Sound region of Washington State. Members of the Association live on or near the properties that are entrusted to them and govern the organization democratically.
H.O.M.E. Trust (Home Ownership Made Easy) Wanda Iverson
PO Box 1242
Twisp, WA 98856
wiverson@methow.com
Homestead Community Land Trust Sheldon Cooper
2017 E. Spruce St.
Seattle, WA 98122 www.homesteadclt.org Creating and stewarding permanently affordable homes on community-controlled land in Seattle.
Homeward Bound Margaret Maxwell
2603 South Francis
Port Angeles, WA 98362
norhn@olypen.com
Kulshan Community Land Trust Paul Schissler
215 W. Holly St., Suite H-22
Bellingham, WA 98225 www.kclt.org Kulshan Community Land Trust’s primary goal, as an organization, is to provide opportunities for low and moderate-income people to secure housing that is decent and affordable. To this end, Kulshan CLT has two primary program areas that address the two primary barriers to homeownership for households of modest means. One is lack of capital; the other is lack of information. Kulshan CLT’s Homebuyer Driven Program was established as a down payment assistance program to close the gap between the cost of decent housing and the amount of mortgage plus down payment that a family can afford. Kulshan CLT also offers a 6-hour Homebuyer Education Course that gives potential homebuyers the knowledge to successfully maneuver through the maze that leads to homeownership.
Kulshan Community Land Trust has launched a new website http://www.inclusivehousing.info where we’re building a library of links to reports and articles about Inclusive Housing strategies including such topics as inclusionary housing, inclusionary zoning and related issues, with a Search function that finds key words throughout the website’ library, http://www.inclusivehousing.info/library/index.htm.
Lopez Community Land Trust Sandy Bishop
PO Box 25
Lopez Island, WA 98261 www.lopezclt.org The Lopez CLT is a private, non-profit community-based membership organization whose purpose is to: (1) Acquire and hold land in trust in order to provide for permanently affordable housing. Homes shall be built and lands shall be used in an environmentally sensitive and socially responsible manner. (2) Provide permanently affordable access to land for such purposes as quality housing, sustainable agriculture and forestry, cottage industries and cooperatives by forever removing land from the speculative market. (3) Develop and exercise responsible and ecological practices, which preserve, protect and enhance the land’s natural attributes. (4) Serve as a model in land stewardship and community development by providing information, resources and expertise.
Lummi Island Community Land Trust Colleen Berg
2129 Tuttle Lane
Lummi Island, WA 98262 www.lummiislandclt.org In March of 2005, LICLT completed its first affordable housing project – Cedrus. On a five-acre lot, a cluster of 9 homes was constructed. Each homeowner participated in building their own home to lower their down payment and create a sense of true homeownership. With four years of planning and nearly two years of building, this project is a dream realized for the dozens of people involved in creating this beautiful development. Also located on the five acres are protected wetlands. LICLT was simultaneously able to provide nine brand-new affordable homes while ensuring a delicate ecosystem would be permanently protected from development or pollution. Homeowners were educated on stewardship, and long-term safeguards are in place to guarantee the safety of the land for generations.
OPAL Community Land Trust Lisa Byers
286 Enchanted Forest Rd.
Eastsound, WA 98245 www.opalclt.org OPAL Community Land Trust is working to maintain the character, vibrancy and diversity of the Orcas Island community by acquiring land and creating permanently affordable homes. Their work helps bridge the gap between the island’s increasingly high property values and the low incomes of many people who live and work there – people who are vital to the well being of the community’s future.
P-Patch Trust
P.O. Box 19748
Seattle, WA 98109-6748
Voicemail (425) 329-1601 p.patch.trust@ppatchtrust.org http://www.ppatchtrust.org
P-Patch Trust, a nonprofit organization, works to acquire, build, preserve and protect community gardens in Seattle s neighborhoods.
San Juan Community Home Trust
Friday Harbor, WA 98250 www.hometrust.org Recently completed five new affordable homes in the Salal Neighborhood of Friday Harbor, thus completing the first project of the San Juan Community Home Trust, and bringing the total number of houses to 15.
Saratoga Community Housing
Sandra Stipe
P.O. Box 1002
Freeland, WA 98249
360-331-4248 sch@whidbey.com www.saratogacommunityhousing.org Our mission is Stewardship of our land to build affordable communities for generations to come.
S.H.A.R.E. Community Land Trust Carl Florea
894 Highway 2, Suite L
Leavenworth, WA 98826 www.shareclt.com Alpine Heights was completed in February 2002, making it SHARE’s first neighborhood for affordable homeownership. Adjacent to Alpine Heights is Alpine Heights II, a rental duplex that serves as the initial venue for their Homebuyer Training program. Currently SHARE is working on Aldea Village, a site located just outside of Leavenworth city limits at the north end of town.
South of the Sound CLT Russell Fox
4735 5th Ave. NW
Olympia, WA 98505
360-866-1816
foxr@evergreen.edu
Southwest Washington CLT Leslie Schwarz
1701 Broadway, PMB 111
Vancouver, WA 98663 www.swclt.org swclt@comcast.net
Waldron Community Land Trust Wayne Rice
PO Box 11
Waldron Island, WA 98297
360-317-8015
Whitehorse Community Land Trust Pamela Sands
WA
360-629-3879
Wisconsin
Bayfield Home Trust
Larry MacDonald
P.O. Box 1288
Bayfield WI 54814
larrymac@ncis.net
Madison Area Community Land Trust
Greg Rosenberg
131 West Wilson St. Suite 400
Madison, WI 53703 www.affordablehome.org Current project is the Troy Gardens, a development of thirty mixed-income green built town homes meeting the highest standards for accessibility and energy efficiency. Twenty-six acres of permanently protected green space incorporating community gardens, an organic farm and restored prairie, all designed to facilitate cooperative living while maintaining private spaces.
Wyoming
Jackson Hole Community Housing Trust
Anne Hayden Cresswell
70 S. Gros Ventre St.
Jackson, WY 83001 www.housingtrustjh.org Since the trust’s 1990 inception, they have built 79 new homes for valley families and purchased 4 existing properties for conversion from free market units to affordable homes. In 1995 the Trust bought 4.6 acres in South Park to create 36 single-family homes at Mountain View Meadows. And in 1997, the Trust was granted an acre of land at the base of Snow King so that the Trust could create 15 affordable homes in the Flat Iron Addition.
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