Community Land Trust Imaginaries Workshop 10
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This collaborative workshop canvas is designed to guide community organizers through the initial steps of transforming vacant land or buildings into a Community Land Trust (CLT). It provides a structured framework for participants to articulate and organize their planning assumptions to develop a collective vision for an affordable housing future.
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CLT Opportunity Site
CLT Housing Type & Tenure
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Tomorrow
Will there be preferences for selecting who will live our CLT’s homes? If so, what might t hese priorities be?
Who will be eligible to live in our CLT’s homes?
Sunset Park Affordable Housing Vision
Ownership Single-family Detached Attached
COPA Other
Multi-family Cooperative Condominium
Rental Single-family Detached Attached
Multi-family Cooperative Condominium
Other
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8 Public Land for Public Good
Affordability & Governance What would market rate be for an apartment in this area?
How deeply must market rate housing be subsidized in order to make it affordable enough for the households the CLT is intending to serve?
Today
Community Partners & Advocates
TOPA
Who are potential community partners and advocates for this CLT? Consider stakeholders in the public and private sector too.
Abolish & Replace NYC Lien Sale
What specific skills, services, resources, or other capacity might they bring to our CLT effort?
What resources might be available to make our CLT’s homes affordable to those you intend to serve? 2
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Who are some key community stakeholders that could be interested in the development of this CLT?
What is the range of incomes that will be served?
What is the monthly amount these households can afford to pay for their homes?
Will they provide resources to the CLT for free? at a reduced rate? or at full cost? How can we get their input from a governance perspective?
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Land & Building Acquisition Strategies Public Buildings in Distress
Private Buildings in Distress
Religious Institutions
Purchase of Private Buildings
Exemplified by the Cooper Square Community Land Trust and El Barrio CLT, vacant and distressed city-owned properties can be transferred to community control, rehabilitated, and converted into permanently affordable housing.
The conversion of private buildings into community land trusts is gaining traction, exemplified by a 16-unit building in Brownsville that faced foreclosure and was transferred to the Interboro CLT, benefitting both the former and future owners.
The rise of secularism has left many religious buildings vacant, with an growing number being converted into CLTs. In the East Village, the former St. Brigid-St. Emeric church was sold by the Archdiocese of New York to create over 500 affordable housing units.
A new pathway for CLT ownership has emerged with the East New York CLT’s acquisition of a 21-unit rent-stabilized building in Brooklyn's Cypress Hills. As the first CLT in NYC to purchase property from a private landlord, ENYCLT plans to transform the building into a limited-equity cooperative.