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Community bonds!
I was looking to shift some retirement savings towards sustainable investing. But most funds focus on absence of harm, as opposed to doing good. In Canada, this looks like investing in banks, insurers, railroads, and tech. 🫠
So I went looking for who is actually doing some good. Last year I made the leap and invested in a bond with Kensington Community Land Trust #KCLT, to expand affordable housing.
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#ESG #CommunityBonds #AffordableHousing #CommunityLandTrust
WILLOW RIVER COMMUNITY LAND TRUST
On Apr. 17, 2026, eight downtown Kitchener non-profits came together in solidarity to incorporate the Willow River Community Land Trust (WRCLT). These are: the Willow River Centre, Community Justice Initiatives (CJI), Social Development Centre (SDC), Civic Hub Waterloo Region, SHORE Centre, Inter Arts Matrix, MT Space, Spectrum and Kind Minds Family Wellness.
“Our vision is for this […]
https://www.communityedition.ca/willow-river-community-land-trust/
A Case for Community Land Trusts in #Canada : A Summary of Promising Community Practices and Public Policy Options
Turning houses into homes: Community land trusts offer a fix to Canada’s housing crisis
#Canada #HousingCrisis #CommunityLandTrust #AffordableHousing #CanadaHousing #HousingCrisis #LandStewardship #HousingForAll #UrbanPlanning #SocialHousing #HousingEquity
https://the-14.com/turning-houses-into-homes-community-land-trusts-offer-a-fix-to-canadas-housing-crisis/
We had another great call today. This time it was with a community land trust organization that's looking to provide a platform for fund seekers and fund providers to find each other and mutually benefit from a partnership.
On my list. Big freaking list, sigh. #bullshit job gets in way of so many good things, like reading all the good books! but, no commons, insufficient spoons for all the farming, making, care work that needs doing, so slogging job seems necessary for now.
In a pile somewhere I hid on myself is The Art of Not Being Governed, which I started. Will return to it eventually. May have to learn it hard way in actual resistance instead.
More #CommunityLandTrust villages!
Disappointing news from Liverpool City Council, who should have worked out how to transfer Oakfield Terrace to Homebaked CLT years ago.
https://www.homebaked.org.uk/blog/important-issue-concerning-oakfield-terrace
Working out how best I can help. Seems there's still chance for a different choice.
Hello Bluesky! Algorithmic exploration: 🌻 #solarpunk ✨ #postcapitalism 🌱 #regenaissance 🌳 #rewild 🏡 #commons 💻 #p2p 👩💻 #opensource 🌴 #ecotopia 🎍 #RBE 🔮 #backcasting 📈 #postscarcity 🤖 #postlabor 🆓 #postmonetary ☮️ #panarchy 🏞️ #communitylandtrust 👍 #metasolution
Here are some #massachusetts housing #coop on a #communitylandtrust resources we just put together if they are helpful to anyone! https://www.valleyhousing.coop/blog/the-coop-is-real
It’s a fantastic location (https://www.walkscore.com/score/1100-f-st-ne-washington-dc-20002) and looks like a cool old school building that was in the midst of being converted to apartments/condos, but now there are weeds growing out of the brick and it’s sitting empty in a town where housing is at a premium. I know there must be some kind of process to move this toward being a community-managed asset, but I don’t know where to start.
Does anyone else have experience with these things? Are there #CommunityLandTrust groups to talk to?
"Brazil’s ‘Favela #CommunityLandTrust’ Celebrates Five Years and Hosts International Exchange in Rio de Janeiro"
https://rioonwatch.org/?p=76742
#CLT
Thanks to Sean Tubbs for covering the #cvilleplanstogether process #zoning #zoningreform #cville #housing #equity #aesthetics #preservation #antidisplacement #communitylandtrust #habitat https://communityengagement.substack.com/p/december-4-2023-council-briefed-on?utm_campaign=email-post&r=17weup&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
The Tyee: The Secret to Real Affordability? Trust in Land https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/10/03/Secret-Affordability-Trust-Land/ #bcnews #TheTyee - via @[email protected] #InternationalUnionofOperatingEngineersLocal115 #Co-operativeHousingFederationofBC #BCNon-ProfitHousingAssociation #VerdantdevelopmentSFU #housingco-operatives #affordablehousingBC #Hogan’sAlleySociety #CommunityLandTrust #AaronWebsterCo-op #PennyGursteinUBC #Totemco-opSurrey #115PlaceBurnaby #CarlaGraebner #ThomArmstrong #BCHousing
I'm happy for the SF Community Land Trust getting a $20 million donation from Mackenzie Scott, but also a bit miffed. It makes my $1,000 soft loan to them seem kind of paltry in comparison. Still, I'm proud that in doing so I helped them buy 285 Turk last year. CLTs rock! https://nextcity.org/urbanist-news/with-donations-as-small-as-20-land-trust-makes-9m-affordable-housing-buy #affordableHousing #communityLandTrust
A small but important step forward for affordable housing in Oxford. The first tenants will soon be moving in to their new homes at Crofts Court.
(Meanwhile the UK govt has underspent by £1.9billion on its inadequate plans to fix the broken housing market.)
https://youtu.be/1LALLajAiDI
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/jul/12/gove-department-hands-back-19bn-meant-tackle-england-housing-crisis
#communityLandTrust #oxfordshire #housing #affordableHousing
And here's another article about the opportunities and challenges of using Community Land Trusts to provide affordable housing.
The Canadian Network of #CommunityLandTrust is hiring a CLT Specialist.
Job Title: Community Land Trust Specialist
Work Week: 30 hours/week
Rate: $35-38.50
Term: 12-month contract (with possibility for extension), starting March 2023
Location: Remote
DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: Friday January 20, 2023 at 5:00 pm EST
http://www.communityland.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Job-Posting-CLT-Specialist.pdf
Job posting. Go work with my former colleague, Nat.
The Canadian Network of Community Land Trusts is hiring a #CommunityLandTrust specialist to create resources and provide one-on-one technical support to CLTs across Canada. This is an exciting opportunity to get involved in the rapidly growing CLT sector.
#JobPosting #Housing
http://www.communityland.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Job-Posting-CLT-Specialist.pdf?fbclid=IwAR27hCtjLS-VTk1tnLcmmfBZkbf7u6UR9ZjutToSWHNYYcXgcyKn4mD_XF8
Breadtube vs Economics #1: Response to Philosophy Tube on Housing
A quite good critique and explainer on housing, homelessness, housing markets, and possible reforms.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vfx1kQlmOk
Via #Tildes https://tildes.net/~finance/t8z/breadtube_vs_economics_1_response_to_philosophy_tube_on_housing
#UnlearningEconomics #Economics #housing #homelessness #LVT #CommunityLandTrust #LandBank
"Voilà 12 ans, un groupe d’activistes bruxellois a rencontré les initiatives mises en place par #BernieSanders et les habitants de Burlington dans les années 80. Afin de se réapproprier leur territoire, ils ont décidé de créer une fondation qui possède des terres précieuses dans leur #ville et ne les vend qu’à des ménages disposant de revenus modestes. Par ailleurs, ces ménages ne peuvent jamais vendre ce sol mais ils acquièrent un droit à l’utiliser pour le temps qu’ils souhaitent. Lorsqu’ils décident de changer de #logement, ils peuvent revendre l’usage des briques en partageant la plus-value entre eux, la fondation et le ménage qui utilisera le sol après eux."
https://archiweek.urban.brussels/fr/interviews/loic-geronnez
#Bruxelles #immobilier #CommunityLandTrust #LoicGeronnez
"[...] Ce mouvement de réappropriation du foncier par les habitants, ce renouvellement de la fonction sociale de la propriété, cette créativité dans les marchés publics «citoyens» est un exemple et un précurseur. Il se dit que la grande promotion craint la généralisation de ce modèle au travers des charges d’urbanisme. Espérons que leurs craintes soient fondées."
https://archiweek.urban.brussels/fr/interviews/loic-geronnez
#CommunityLandTrust #urbanisme #architecture #LoicGeronnez #bruxelles #promoteurs