How Community Land Trusts are Powering Co-op Growth in #Canada
#HousingCoops #CLTs

https://shelterforce.org/2026/04/27/how-clts-are-powering-co-op-growth-in-canada-lessons-for-the-u-s/

This is an outstanding opportunity for #CommunityLandTrusts and cooperative housing if we had anyone near power who understood their potential.

Auctioning this off to developers and it'll provide temporary relief only.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/02/16/las-vegas-housing-shortage-federal-land/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

#CLT #CLTs #LandReform #coops

I remain a believer in state-based interventions. In many ways they're indispensable.

However, when the state gets captured by nefarious interests, it is important to remember that non-state organizing remains real and powerful throughout history.

Community ownership is a great example. And community land is enormously important.

https://placesjournal.org/article/community-land-trusts-and-civic-empowerment/

#CLTs #CommunityLandTrusts #CommunityOwnership #Geography #UrbanGeography #Planning

Introduction to Community Land Trusts online course starts Feb. 3. *subsidized spots available*
#CLTs #Community

https://www.estuaryinstitute.com/service-page/introduction-to-community-land-trusts

Here's a report looking at some projects involving #healthcare anchor institutions and #WorkerCoops, #CLTs and #ROCs

Moving Upstream: healthcare partnerships addressing social determinants of health through community wealth building

https://geo.coop/articles/moving-upstream

Articles about both Community Land Trusts (#CLTs) and #Timebanking on the BBC News homepage today.

If that's a move to over-compensate for the whole Richard Sharp affair, then I'm all for it.

The GEO weekly newsletter is out! This week we've got unit 2 of "How to Create a #Solidarity Enterprise" and Black #CLTs as one part of reparations:

https://mailchi.mp/2b18e3aa330d/creating-a-solidarity-enterprise-black-commons-clt-and-reparations-geo-weekly-newsletter

#Coops #SolidarityEconomy