NYC Community Land Initiative is an alliance of social justice and affordable housing organizations committed to winning housing for all New Yorkers. Our alliance includes grassroots, community- and faith-based, labor, and city-wide organizations working to advance Community Land Trusts (CLTs) to address root causes of homelessness and displacement.

NYCCLI engages in community education, capacity-building training, and advocacy to support CLTs and non-speculative housing models that promote development of housing and neighborhoods for and with community members not served by the private market.

Want to learn more? Click below for presentations created by NYCCLI members on the history, principles, and operation of community land trusts. Contact us to request a workshop or presentation for your group.

CLT Day of Action – September 18, 2021

Watch our Town Hall on TOPA, co-presented with Housing Justice for All

Community Land Trust Wants to Turn NYPD Parking Lots Into Affordable Housing. Can They? – Brownstoner, June 2, 2022 Community Land Trusts Protect Housing Affordability – and Democracy – Urban Matters, June 1, 2022 Majority of City Council Declares Opposition to Reauthorizing NYC Tax Lien Sale – Gotham Gazette, May 31, 2022 NYC Is Fighting for More Community Land Trust Funding – Next City, April 21, 2022 More News