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The Diversity and Global Applicability of the Community Land Trust Model, from Boston to Kenya

By Victoria Fanibi • August 15, 2018

Clique aqui para Português A Community Land Trust (CLT) is a community-managed nonprofit organization or association established to provide permanent affordable housing and build community assets in the territory that it owns and governs. CLTs […]

Sign posted outside the acquired house lets residents know not to build in this area and marks the future width of the channel.
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An Informal Settlement in Puerto Rico Has Become the World’s First Favela Community Land Trust

By Laura Bachmann • April 28, 2017

Clique aqui para Português In San Juan, Puerto Rico, government, residents, and technical professionals created a Community Land Trust (CLT), known locally as Fideicomiso de la Tierra, to preserve and develop informal communities along the Martín Peña Canal. […]

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Community Land Trust Models and Housing Coops from Around the World

By David Robertson • February 21, 2017

Clique aqui para Português This is the final in a series of three articles summarizing reports on Brazilian housing law, organized by the Cyrus R. Vance Center for International Justice at request of Catalytic Communities. The second report, […]

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Housing Policy Lessons from Rio’s Favelas Part 5: Proposing Solutions

By David Robertson • January 3, 2017

Clique aqui para Português This is the fifth in a five-part series titled Housing Policy Lessons from Rio’s Favelas. We hope this series will inform debates on housing and favela upgrading and that Rio’s new mayor, Marcelo […]

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The Favela as a Community Land Trust: A Solution to Eviction and Gentrification?

By David Robertson, Theresa Williamson • November 15, 2016

Clique aqui para Português This is the second in a series of three articles summarizing reports on Brazilian housing law, organized by the Cyrus R. Vance Center for International Justice at request of Catalytic Communities. The second report, […]

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