We funded feeds while we starved the foundation of a decent life: housing, transit, and social supports.

This essay maps the misallocation—and proposes a rebuild: community land trusts and co‑ops, zoning reform, anchor‑institution procurement, and a dual‑education pipeline for the trades.

https://thinkingprospectus.substack.com/p/the-misallocation-civilization

#HousingAffordability #PublicInfrastructure #CommunityWealth #UrbanPlanning
#AttentionEconomy
#Infrastructure
#SocialInfrastructure
#CommunityLandTrusts

Celebrate #WorldCLTDay2025 with us today! 🌎 Together we can spotlight #CommunityLandTrusts in fostering affordable housing and sustainable communities around the world.

Learn more at worldcltday.org

🏡 Discover how Community Land Trusts can make home ownership more accessible by separating land and property ownership. Read our latest article #AffordableHousing #CommunityLandTrusts

https://www.constructor.net.au/community-land-trusts-a-pathway-to-affordable-housing-in-australia/

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

📢 This week we're screening 4 inspirational #housing-related #films!

We Can Make – a low-carbon community-led solution to the housing crisis

Bonnington Square

Against the odds: Walterton and Elgin from campaign to control

Homes & Hands - #CommunityLandTrusts in Action

Join us for a delicious #organic curry & a great films!

📽️🍲🧑‍🤝‍🧑 MMMM! Monday Movie, Meal & Mingling
🗓️ Mon 5 Feb, 6-9pm
📍 The Chapel in the Garden #Bridport #Dorset
🎟️ 🍲😋 Get tickets & order food now!

https://bridport.news/mmmm-on-monday-5-feb-four-inspirational-housing-related-films/

Yay. I love the expansion of #communitylandtrusts for #affordablehousing...
with a few caveats.

For those out of the know, community land trusts #CLT's are mostly nonprofit organizations that acquire and own land to house existing residents and prevent displacement, and maintain community ownership away from the reach of private developers.

All good and well, but remember, acquiring land costs a BUTT TON of money. Land trusts have been notoriously hard to scale. Even with $20M from #MackenzieScott I don't have high hopes that this changes CLT's viability in making a dent in our housing supply.

I would love to see CLTs develop the land to be able to fit denser and more numerous units to accommodate more families. People can correct me if I am wrong, but I don't see this happening enough.

#philanthropy #housing

https://sfstandard.com/2023/09/07/mackenzie-scott-donates-20m-to-san-francisco-housing-nonprofit/

I love learning about people making #solarPunk ideals a reality. Community Land Scotland helps local communities buy land and buildings to benefit those communities as well as working to inspire communities and influence policy. Brilliant stuff!

#CommunityOwnership #rewilding #Scotland #landowners #CommunityLandTrusts

https://www.communitylandscotland.org.uk/