Community Land Trusts, affordable housing and community organising in low-income neighbourhoods

Engelsman, E, Rowe, M ORCID: 0000-0002-2978-5222 and Southern, A ORCID: 0000-0003-3661-3442 (2018) Community Land Trusts, affordable housing and community organising in low-income neighbourhoods International Journal of Housing Policy, 18 (01). pp. 103-123. ISSN 1949-1247, 1949-1255

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Abstract

Community Land Trusts (CLTs) offer a community-led response to housing problems and can provide affordable housing for low-income residents. Generally the academic work on CLTs remains underdeveloped, particularly in the UK, although some argue that they can be an efficient way in which to manage scarce resources while others have noted that CLTs can provide a focal point for community resistance. In this article we provide evidence on two active CLTs in inner urban areas in major US cities, New York and Boston. In Cooper Square, Lower East Side Manhattan and Dudley Street, south Boston, we see the adoption of different approaches to development suggesting that we should speak of models of CLTs rather than assuming a single operational approach. The cases we present indicate both radical and reformist responses to the state and market provision of housing and neighbourhood sustainability. They also suggest community activism can prove to be significant in securing land and the development of the CLT.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Community Land Trusts, housing affordability, resident involvement, community organising
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	12 Jul 2016 15:12
Last Modified:	01 Mar 2026 00:59
DOI:	10.1080/14616718.2016.1198082
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URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3002263
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