Community Land Trust (CLT) Programs

Burlington Associates is a national consulting cooperative founded in 1993. Operating out of offices in Burlington VT, Boston MA, St. Joseph MN, and Oakland CA, the firm’s partners and associates specialize in the development and evaluation of affordable housing policies and community land trust programs that:

• Enhance security of tenure for lower-income households by expanding access to various forms of shared equity homeownership.
• Protect the community’s investment in affordable housing by preventing the removal of public or private subsidies.
• Preserve the long-term affordability of privately-owned housing created either through the investment of public dollars or through the exercise of public powers like inclusionary zoning, density bonuses, or regulatory relief.

For more information on the basics of community land trusts and how they can benefit your community development please see the CLT 101 section of the CLT Resource Center.

Community Land Trust Resources

Burlington Associates is the premier provider of technical assistance to community land trust in the United States - helping with the start-up of over 80 community land trusts, while assisting many others with organizational development and long-term planning for the stewardship of their portfolios and the sustainability of their operations. Our "Community Land Trust Resource Center" on this website is the first place to which many practitioners turn when seeking training guides, legal documents, program evaluations, policy research, and other technical information about community land trusts.

Community Land Trust Publications