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The Community Land Trust Reader
This compendium brings together seminal and historical texts that inspired and defined the community land trust (CLT). The collection also examines contemporary applications of the CLT to promote home ownership, spur community development, protect public investment, and capture land gains for the common good.
616 pages, Hardcover
First published May 6, 2010
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October 4, 2018
This reader is an excellent introduction to Community Land Trusts (CLTs), with history, case studies, technical references and anticipated hybrids. CLTs are shown to be the best way to preserve affordable housing over time and across generations, and to mitigate urban gentrification. The sweep of thought, geography and history shows the broad application of the model: from Henry George's thoughts on taxation, India's Gramadan movement, Koinonia Farms in Georgia, Dudley Neighbors in Boston, and the Woodland CLT in Appalachia, readers see the broad principles and common benefits of viewing land primarily as a trust rather than a means of speculation and profiteering.
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