community land trusts
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Next City: Why Activists Are Pushing NYC to End Its Tax Lien Sale
Next City — Marcus is a disabled, 66 year-old Vietnam war veteran. He lives in a house in the East New York neighborhood of Brooklyn that has been in his family since the 1960’s. An only child, he inherited the home when his parents passed, his only piece of generational wealth. But after falling behind…
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New Analysis Shows NYC Set to Squander 3,600 Potential Units of Affordable Housing, in Friday’s Tax Lien Sale
Ahead of the City’s tax lien sale this Friday, the Abolish the NYC Tax Lien Sale Coalition released a new analysis revealing the lien sale list includes 392 vacant lots that could support the development of over 3,600 affordable housing units. This represents a recurring missed opportunity for the City to partner with community land…
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Sign-On Letter to NYC Racial Justice Commission in Support of Public Land for Public Good
New York City’s housing and land use policies have contributed to neighborhood segregation, displacement of BIPOC New Yorkers, racial health disparities, widening wealth inequality, and a host of other inequities. New York City’s charter must be reformed to repair past harms, by giving Black and brown communities meaningful opportunities to own and control land, housing…
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Coalition of 40+ Community & Labor Groups Releases 5-Point Platform for a Community-Led Recovery, Racial and Economic Justice in NY
CDFIs community equity agenda community land trusts financial justice public banking racial justice redliningThis afternoon the NYS Community Equity Agenda, a coalition of more than 40 community, labor, and civil rights groups, cooperative organizations, and community development financial institutions from across New York, released its policy priorities for 2022.
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Testimony Submitted to NYC Racial Justice Commission: Public Land in Public Hands
New York City must transform its approach to land use by directing public land to resident-controlled community land trusts (CLTs) and other community- based nonprofits that commit to a) permanent affordability of land and housing and b) meaningful tenant and community control.
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Public Land in Public Hands: Community Land Trusts Demand Control of City Land
Last Saturday, the local community land trust (CLT) movement joined together for a three-borough day of action, with one united message: New York City must keep Public Land in Public Hands. At community actions in the Bronx, Queens and Brooklyn, groups pointed to vacant and underused City-owned land in their neighborhoods, and called on the…
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WBAI: Living for the City
Our Andy Morrison joined WBAI’s Living for the City to discuss the movement for public banking, community land trusts, and more.
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The Lurie Daniel Favors Show: Community Land Trusts
The Lurie Daniel Favors Show — Our Akilah Browne discusses community land trusts and organizing with Lurie Daniel Favors.
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VICTORY! Community Land Trusts Win Major Funding in NYC Budget
New York City is doubling down on a bold strategy to advance community ownership of land and housing in NYC’s Black, brown and immigrant communities. This year, the City Council awarded $1.5 million to support community land trust (CLT) organizing across the five boroughs—its largest allocation since launching the Citywide CLT Initiative in 2019.