community land trusts
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The Village View: Affordable Housing? Bill Designed to Give New Leverage to Tenants and Nonprofit Housing Groups Moves Forward
The Village View — “Whose land? Our land!” shouted a boisterous crowd of tenant leaders and organizers, as they rallied on the steps of City Hall on April 11, urging the city council to move ahead with the Community Land Act (CLA).
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New Yorkers Rally at City Hall for Community Land Act Amid Housing Crisis and Looming Federal Cuts
As homelessness and displacement continue to skyrocket and federal disinvestment threatens to further exacerbate the affordability crisis, over 50 NYC community groups and elected officials rallied at City Hall on Thursday to demand the City Council pass urgently needed legislation that would remove land and housing from the speculative market and bring it into permanently…
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Shelterforce: There’s a Community Oversight Fight Brewing in the Bronx
Shelterforce — Since the 1990s the vacant Kingsbridge Armory in the Bronx has become a landmark, not just of hulking bygone military architecture, but it’s also a symbol that represents city and developer attempts to impose proposals—from homeless shelters to shopping malls or ice rinks—on community residents.
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Putting CLTs on the Map, Public Banking Push, Fighting Debt-Trap Apps, and More!
New Economy Project is digging deep with coalition allies across New York—fighting back against federal attacks and advancing bold, systems-changing solutions rooted in racial and economic justice.
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Brick Underground: Could a Proposed Bill to Help New York Tenants Buy Their Building Finally Become Law?
Brick Underground — Many New York City renters dream of one day owning an apartment—but what if you and your neighbors had an opportunity to buy your rental building?
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Next City Podcast: So Many Land Trusts Launched in NYC That They Created A Map
Next City Podcast — We talk about community land trusts, or CLTs, a lot at Next City. It’s about ownership: The community owns the lands and stewards the land. That means that the buildings on the land — including housing and other spaces like storefronts — can made affordable to own or to rent, in…
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Testimony Before NYS Joint Legislative Budget Hearing on the Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act (TOPA)
We urge the legislature to pass the Tenant Opportunity to Purchase (TOPA) Act in the state budget, along with an annual appropriation of $250 million to fund TOPA acquisitions and technical assistance. TOPA (S.401) would give tenants a first opportunity to collectively buy their building when a landlord sells, in order to stabilize and preserve…
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Elected Officials and Housing Groups Rally at Capitol for Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act and $250 Million in Budget
With private equity firms driving up home prices and eroding New York’s affordable housing stock, elected officials and housing groups held a rally and press conference at the New York State Capitol on Tuesday to call on the Governor and Legislature to pass the Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act (TOPA) and allocate $250 million in the state…
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Brick Underground: What is A Community Land Trust? How Does it Help Low-Income Buyers?
“TOPA will give tenants and community land trusts a powerful tool to take land and housing off the speculative market and expand the supply of deeply affordable, community-controlled housing in Black and brown neighborhoods,” said Chelsea Diaz, a Skadden Legal Fellow at New Economy Project.
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Statement: Groups Condemn Trump’s Dismantling of CFPB, Call on NY Leaders to Act
The 50+ member organizations of the NYS Community Equity Agenda, representing hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers statewide, made the following statement responding to the Trump Administration’s assault on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)—and urging New York leaders to take bold action to protect New Yorkers and New York communities from financial exploitation