Burlington Community Land Trust

John Emmeus Davis

Burlington, Vermont USA

Founded in 1984 as the Burlington Community Land Trust Renamed in 2006: Champlain Housing Trust

City of Burlington (Old North End Neighborhood)

1984 Chittenden

County 1987

Three-county Region 2001

Champlain Housing Trust Service Area

Community Land Trusts in the United States

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Ebenezer Howard (1850-1928)

“ The estate is legally vested in the names of four gentlemen of responsible position and of undoubted probity and honour, who hold it in trust for the people of Garden City.”

Community control over the ownership and development of

LAND

Community control over the ORGANIZATION

owning the land and overseeing development

Promote homeownership

Preserve affordability

One house

1984

One employee

$200,000 seed grant from the City of Burlington

Community Land Trust

Burlington CLT •  Land is owned by the NGO, a community-

controlled nonprofit corporation. •  Housing is owned by individuals. •  Permanent controls over the current use

and future price of the house: Ø  To preserve affordability Ø  To promote sound

maintenance Ø  To prevent foreclosures

Detached Owner-occupied Houses

Attached, Owner-occupied Duplexes

Multi-unit Condominiums (“Leasehold Flats”)

Multi-unit Housing Cooperatives

Multi-unit Rental Housing

Shelters for the Homeless and Housing for Persons

with Special Needs

Firehouse Family Shelter!

Sarah Cole House!SRO Housing for !

Women!

Neighborhood Retail

Mixed-use Buildings:

Rental Housing & Commercial Space

Nonprofit Facilities

Neighborhood Parks

•  2,800 units of housing

•  112,000 sq ft of commercial space

$40 million in new development each year $10.3 million operating budget $ 290 million in assets

“ Life is what happens while you are busy making other plans.”

Security

Mobility

Community control over the ownership and development of

LAND

Community control over the ORGANIZATION

owning the land and overseeing development

Give Residents a Direct Stake in Owning and

Operating Housing

Community control over the LAND

Community control over the ORGANIZATION

6000 Voting Members

Public Interest Representatives

Community Base/Democratic Control

Leaseholders Community Members

5 leaseholders: homeowners, renters, co-op members

5 public officials representing towns in CHT’s 3-county service area

5 community residents

Balance of Interests on Governing Board

“Community-led development on

community-owned land”

Community Land Trusts in the United States

Roots&Branches  

A  Gardener’s  Guide  to  the  Origins  and  Evolution  of  the  Community  Land  Trust  

www.cltroots.org