Public Policy: Funding and Taxing CLTs
The growth in the number and productivity of CLTs over the last ten years can be attributed in large measure to increased support from state and municipal governments, sometimes using their own dollars and powers and sometimes using discretionary funds that pass through their hands from federal programs like HOME, CDBG, and NSP. The materials collected (or referenced) in this section of the CLT RESOURCE CENTER examine governmental policies and practices that create a favorable – or unfavorable – climate for expanding a CLT’s portfolio of resale-restricted, owner-occupied housing.
- City Hall Steps In – Michael Brown and Rick Jacobus, Shelterforce, Spring 2007
- City-CLT Partnership: Municipal Support for Community Land Trusts – John Davis and Rick Jacobus
- City-CLT Partnerships: In Search of Best Practices – John Davis, Maureen Hickey and Rick Jacobus
- City-CLT Regulatory Agreements – John Davis, Maureen Hickey and Rick Jacobus
- Pima County CLT Feasibility Assessment – Michael Brown
- Policy, The Role of State and Local Government, Chapter 4, Shared Equity Homeownership
- Testimony: John Davis in Vermont Tax Case
- Federal_Definition_of_CLT.pdf
- Community Housing Development Organization (CHDO) Definition
- Using HOME with Community Land Trusts
- Summary of HUD Regulations Affecting CLTs
- Community Land Trusts and the HOME Program – CPD93-42
- Additional materials on public policy affecting CLTs:
- Shared Equity State Policy Review – Ryan Sherriff
- Wake Up Fannie, I Think I Got Something to Say to You: Financing CLT Homebuyers Without Stripping Affordability Provisions – Sarah Ilene Stein, October 2010
- Property Tax Assessments, Chapter 11 of CLT Technical Manual
- Subsidy Structure, Chapter 19 of CLT Technical Manual