News & Events
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Fast Company: The One Strategy that Could Finance the Whole Green New Deal
Fast Company — For the latter half of 2016, the Standing Rock Sioux and activist allies from all over the country camped out in North Dakota to protest the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline, which was likely to harm their native lands through an invasive engineering process and inevitable oil spills.
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Victory! NYC Funds Community Land Trusts in City Budget
Community and affordable housing activists are celebrating NYC Council’s announcement of $870,000 in FY2020 discretionary funding for community land trusts (CLTs) across NYC. The funding will help incubate and expand CLTs to develop permanently-affordable housing and curb displacement in low-income NYC neighborhoods.
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(Archive) ACTION ALERT: STOP PREDATORY FINANCIAL SERVICES BILL!
A dangerous bill that would deregulate New York check cashers and open the door to predatory practices is moving quickly in the NYS legislature. Take action now to oppose S.5423 (Sepúlveda) / A.7393A (De La Rosa)
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Curbed NY: Community Land Trusts Score Crucial Funds in City Budget
Curbed NY — The latest city budget includes $750,000 to grow an underutilized housing model that creates affordable homes in rapidly gentrifying communities—a major win for housing advocates.
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City Limits: Budget Could Boost City’s Nascent Community Land Trust Movement
City Limits — Over a dozen stakeholders and community-based organizations along with a group of elected officials are seeking monetary support for an initiative to help community land trusts get going or hit stride.
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New Yorkers Urge NYC to Follow Through on Pledge to Divest From Wells Fargo, Call For A Public Option To Manage City Funds
Today, members of the Public Bank NYC coalition rallied at a meeting of the NYC Banking Commission to call on the City of New York to divest from banks that harm New Yorkers and NYC neighborhoods, and to invest in communities through a public bank.
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Community Groups, Housing Activists, and Electeds Call on NYC to Take Bold Action to Tackle The Housing Crisis by Supporting Community Land Trusts
Dozens of community land trust (CLT) organizers, supporters, and community members rallied this morning at City Hall, urging the NYC Council to support a new funding initiative to incubate and expand CLTs in all five NYC boroughs. The proposed initiative, championed by Council Members Donovan Richards and Carlina Rivera, comes at a critical moment, as…
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2019 Workshop Series
Thank you to everyone who participated in our 2019 Workshop Series! Keep an eye on our events page for details on additional upcoming workshops.
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Rally & Press Conference for Community Land Trusts!
Come out and show your support for CLTs in NYC! On May 16, CLT organizers, supporters, and community members will rally at City Hall. Join us to call on the City Council to support new funding for CLTs!
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Greetings from Paydayfreelandia!
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today advocates from states across the country that ban predatory payday lending voiced strong opposition to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)’s actions to gut federal rules to curb predatory payday lending.