Land Lines October 2020
Opening Doors
In cities across the United States, high housing costs and economic insecurity are making it increasingly hard to secure shelter. To address this crisis, land banks and community land trusts are creating new partnerships—and discovering common ground.
Room to Roam
The benefits of parks and open space have long been documented, from improving public health to increasing property values. With COVID-19 necessitating new ways of using the public realm, city leaders are taking stock of the possibilities.
COVID-19, Structural Racism, and Community Investment
The pandemic has disrupted our lives and exposed how structural racism and its violent effects spread across all aspects of American life. The Center for Community Investment at the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy offers strategies for leaders and communities to consider as they work to envision and build a more equitable and just future.
This issue explores new collaborations between land banks and community land trusts that are unlocking affordable housing opportunities, the role of urban parks in pandemic recovery, and the connections between COVID-19, structural racism, and community investment.