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? Email us at info.nyccli@gmail.com or 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

City Council Progressive Caucus Announces 2023 Legislative Agenda – Gotham Gazette, October 27, 2022 Tenant Takeover: How New Yorkers are Organizing for Community and Resident Control – September 23, 2022 As Homeownership Rates Decline in New York City, Could Community Land Trusts be an Answer? – City & State NY, August 25, 2022 Legislation Would Give Nonprofits First Crack at Developing NYC-Owned Land – City Limits, August 11, 2022 More News