Could Community Land Trusts in Informal Settlements Help Solve the World’s Affordable Housing Crisis?
July 24, 2018
Introduction For more than two decades, the Lincoln Institute’s Program on Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) has been working at the intersection of urban land markets, land-based financing, and affordable housing to address the rise in informal settlements and urban poverty in the region. The Institute has also focused on community land trusts (CLTs)—in […]
How Community Land Trusts Are Supporting Urban Agriculture
April 1, 2014
Despite the growing popularity of urban agriculture, many city farms continue to face the challenge of insecure land tenure and overly restrictive public policies. Some researchers and policy makers have identified the need for an updated framework for the movement that would support urban farmers as they navigate land use, zoning, and property tax regulations. […]
April 1, 2014
A pesar de la creciente popularidad de la agricultura urbana, muchas granjas urbanas siguen enfrentando el desafío de la inseguridad respecto de la posesión del suelo y de políticas públicas demasiado restrictivas. Algunos investigadores y responsables de diseñar políticas han identificado la necesidad de un marco actualizado para este movimiento que apoye a los granjeros […]
Affordable Housing Initiatives in Burlington Vermont’s Old North End
Fostering Networks on Conservation and Affordable Housing
October 1, 2012
Policies affecting the use, regulation, and taxation of land in the United States are promulgated and applied primarily by states and local governments, and real estate markets are largely local and not national in scope. However, national policies including those on taxation, property rights, and mortgage financing have a significant impact on local land and […]
Delinquency and Foreclosure Rates in Community Land Trusts
October 1, 2010
The foreclosure crisis and its impact on the U.S. economy seem far from abating as mortgage delinquencies and foreclosure filings continue to climb. According to RealtyTrac, a total of 2.8 million properties had foreclosure filings during 2009, or one out of every 45 residences. That foreclosure rate was 21 percent higher than in 2008 and […]
Si se establecen fideicomisos de suelo comunitarios en asentamientos informales, ¿se podría ayudar a resolver la crisis mundial de viviendas asequibles?
July 31, 2018
Introducción El Programa para América Latina y el Caribe (LAC) del Instituto Lincoln trabaja desde hace más de dos décadas en la intersección de los mercados de territorio urbano, financiación basada en territorio y viviendas asequibles, para poder abordar el aumento de los asentamientos informales y la pobreza urbana en la región. Además, el Instituto […]
Beauty, Economics, Politics, and the Creation of New Public Infrastructure
October 12, 2016
This feature is adapted from Nature and Cities: The Ecological Imperative in Urban Design and Planning, edited by Frederick R. Steiner, George F. Thompson, and Armando Carbonell (Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, November 2016). During the past 400 years, the land known as the United States of America has been transformed by massive public and […]
