How Black-led community land trusts are connecting Black communities with lost land across Canada
How Black-led community land trusts are connecting Black communities with lost land across Canada
How Toronto’s Chinatown is fighting back against development that threatens its existence
https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/chinese-culture/article/3309245/how-torontos-chinatown-fighting-back-against-development-threatens-its-existence
Affordable Homeownership: Options & Considerations for CLTs
The Canadian Network of Community Land Trusts commissioned Adam Thompson to create of this legal guide for community land trusts navigating the prospect of affordable homeownership. Please note, this guide should be considered legal information, not legal advice. We strongly encourage you to seek legal advice before moving forward.
Quand la musique fait du bien : Le CCST obtient la première acquisition d’espace communautaire par une fiducie foncière culturelle au Canada
https://www.magazinesocan.ca/features/quand-la-musique-fait-du-bien-le-ccst-obtient-la-premiere-acquisition-despace-communautaire-par-une-fiducie-fonciere-culturelle-au-canada/
First acquisition by a cultural land trust in Canada
https://inspiritfoundation.org/insights/purchase-youngplace-building-preserves-arts-cultural-spaces/
Are land trusts the future of Canadian housing?
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-are-land-trusts-the-future-of-canadian-housing/
Can Nova Scotia, home of Canada’s Black culture, save its Black communities?
https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Americas/2025/0214/canada-black-land-trust-nova-scotia
Government of Yukon supporting Northern Community Land Trust Society to build permanently affordable housing in Whitehorse
https://yukon.ca/en/news/government-yukon-supporting-northern-community-land-trust-society-build-permanently-affordable-housing-whitehorse
Preserving community in Guelph’s Junction neighbourhood
https://www.guelphtoday.com/success/preserving-community-in-guelphs-junction-neighbourhood-9743438
Aboriginal Land Trust involved with more than 1600 homes for Indigenous households across BC
https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2024HOUS0171-001469
Ottawa CLT raises over $672K with Community Bond
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/local-community-land-trust-celebrates-124500911.html?guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAA6QxQE3q5MZDrOrHX_REKWaE6-vF-4y3IyP07D7oYkZuRdQkqUisk2Rh-YDw-0sQfqllbIIEIjS3QvWnijV7F6CLzDgl0ztD1zHQqXtDiNDuuGtfHBLaXi8Q9Qh8ZoHNo5mH2eielPOBKURWiMdJuwUZjMfOiZOPrj_gia7SIti&guccounter=2
Q&A: How Community Land Trusts Help to Preserve Farmland
Q&A: How Community Land Trusts Help to Preserve Farmland
Non-profit buys two B.C. co-ops, using $71 M grant from affordable housing fund
https://www.timescolonist.com/indigenous-news/non-profit-buys-two-bc-co-ops-using-71-m-grant-from-affordable-housing-fund-8277859
Circle Community LandTrust: a new model to preserve public housing
Circle Community LandTrust: a new model to preserve public housing
Ottawa’s community land trust purchases its first property
https://vancitycommunityinvestmentbank.ca/oclt-purchases-its-first-property/
Community land trusts: a response to the housing crisis
“At a time when housing security is being compromised by causes that have been around for far too long, and an increasing number of Canadians are losing their homes to soaring prices and renovations, community land trusts (CLTs) are providing solutions. Communities across the country are coming together to purchase properties through land trusts. By…
B.C. government pays $8.2M for SRO in Vancouver’s Chinatown
Downtown Eastside Community Land Trust to operate fire-damaged building. Read more
Canada’s ‘community land trust renaissance’: How people are taking control of their housing
A national investigation into community land trusts enabling affordable housing community-owned land across Canada. Featured: Parkdale Neighbourhood Land Trust Kensington Market Community Lnad Trust Muskoka Community Land Trust Upper Hammonds Plains Community Land Trust (Nova Scotia) Watch/Read
New Seniors Affordable Housing Project Planned for Denman Island
” The Denman Community Land Trust Association (DCLTA) has signed an agreement for the donation of a property to be used for a seniors’ affordable housing project.” Read more
Advocates call on federal government to support community land trusts as a way to preserve existing affordable housing
“As Canada loses approximately nine affordable housing units for every new one that’s built, community land trusts have emerged as a vehicle for neighbours to come together to purchase and protect existing affordable housing.” Read more
Vancouver gets new affordable co-op housing for 55+ seniors
The Community Land Trust of B.C. holds a 60-year lease on the land and manages the building. Read the article
Rondo Community Land Trust starts a new venture to support Black entrepreneurship
A US-based example of a CLT boosting Black-owned small businesses. Read more