Resources
Please utilize the various materials and links below to help explain the fundamentals of land stewardship, and Community Land Trusts in your own community.
Community Land Trusts 101
- Frequently Asked Questions (pamphlet)
- Community Land Trusts 101 Presentation
- Starting a Community Land Trust
- The Community Land Trust Handbook
Housing Acquisition Toolkit
- Funding for Residential Acquisition Projects: A Summary of Options for CLTs (guide)
- Financing CLT-led Acquisition Projects: Considerations When Approaching Financial Institutions (guide)
- Funding Agreements for Acquisitions (legal brief)
- Tip sheet
- Board Report for a CLT Acquisition Project (template)
- MURA Readiness Checklist (Google Docs)
- Financing Affordable Housing with Community Bonds (YouTube)
CLT’s and Black, African, Caribbean Communities
- Community Land Trusts and Black Communities (CLT 101)
- Land Titles, Community Land Trusts, and Housing in African Nova Scotian Communities (panel – web)
- The Movement for Black Land Stewardship (panel – YouTube)
- Black-led Community Land Trusts in Canada (webinar – YouTube)
Indigenous Solidarity
“Indigenous land trusts are invested in the return and responsible stewardship of ancestral lands, which in turn can support cultural revitalization and community well-being. Some organizations focus on the protection of natural lands from development. Others aim to provide access to housing and space for ceremony and cultural practice.”