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The Importance of Community Organizing in Community Land Trusts Across the World

By Felipe Litsek • Translation by Sofi-Nicole Barreiro, Staff • April 5, 2022

Clique aqui para Português The “CLTs and Community Organizing” webinar closed the 2021 International Community Land Trust Festival on December 7, 2021, with participation from CLT leaders in the United States, England, Belgium and Puerto […]

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2020 World Habitat Awards Celebrate Housing Projects in Pakistan, the UK and Latin America

By Maria Fernanda Godinho • Translation by Peter Edwards • December 28, 2021

Clique aqui para Português The 2020 World Habitat Awards, an event that recognizes and highlights innovative housing ideas, projects, and programs that contribute to the improvement of the living conditions of people around the world, […]

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Community Land Trusts in Latin America: Dialogues Between Brazil and Puerto Rico

By Felipe Litsek, Rebeca Landeiro • Translation by Clau Guimarães • December 7, 2021

Clique aqui para Português As part of the activities of the 2021 Urban Circuit and of the first ever International CLT Festival, the Favela Community Land Trust Project (F-CLT)* and Fideicomiso de la Tierra Caño […]

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Favela CLT National Seminar, Part 2: International Examples, Potentialities and Challenges

By Gabriela Buffon Vargas, Julio Santos Filho • September 5, 2021

Clique aqui para Português This is the second of two articles covering the Favela Community Land Trust National Seminar. Read the first part here. Continuing the Favela Community Land Trust (CLT)* National Seminar, facilitated by […]

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Favela Community Land Trust National Seminar, Part 1: Collective Property and Security of Tenure

By Eduardo Antunez Rolle • Translation by Grant Brown, Trisha Ponti • September 1, 2021

Clique aqui para Português This is the first of two articles covering the Favela Community Land Trust Brazil-wide Seminar. Read the second part here. The Favela Community Land Trust National Seminar took place from June […]

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