The Affordable Housing Challenge Project Community Land Trusts as a Tool for Affordable Housing

The Affordable Housing Challenge Project (AHCP), an initiative of the School Policy Recommendations to Support 8 of Cities, is answering the call for more affordable housing in Canadian cities Community Land Trusts in Toronto by investigating and supporting the growth of CLTs in Toronto. [...] The legal towards increased implementation of CLTs restrictions that CLTs create in the form of a ground lease separate across the globe the land title, which is held by the CLT, from the building or housing title with the intention of lowering the cost of housing. [...] City Research Insights: The Affordable Housing Challenge Project The Growth of Community Land Trusts in Toronto 5 The first generation of CLTs started to develop in Canada in the 1980s and differed from existing land trusts, which focused on conservation of agriculture and wilderness areas. [...] Upcoming for the AHCP collective: Upcoming for the AHCP’s CLT Team: • Investigating the impacts of the • Continuing to support the development COVID-19 pandemic on housing of the Toronto Community Land affordability and the provision Trust Network to foster collaboration of affordable housing during and support between established and after the pandemic. [...] and emerging CLTs in Toronto, and to address the need for resources • Exploring the issues and impacts of and technical expertise to support the financialization of housing.