Description: This compendium brings together seminal and historical texts that inspired and defined the community land trust (CLT). The collection also examines contemporary applications of the CLT to promote home ownership, spur community development, protect public investment, and capture land gains for the common good.
Review Quotes: We've recently seen an immensely damaging housing bubble that was built on speculation suddenly burst, with disastrous results not just for our national economy, but for individual homeowners and renters. Homes that are needed by working families are too often priced beyond their reach-or pried from their grasp-by dramatic rises and falls in real estate prices. The Community Land Trust Reader shows us there is a more equitable way of keeping land-based resources available, affordable, and secure for people who need them the most.--Bernie Sanders, United States Senator