A Community Land Trust (CLT) is a not for profit community-based organisation run by volunteers that delivers housing and other community facilities at permanently affordable levels for local people.
NewsIs KCLT just about providing affordable homes?
No. CLTs usually have wider ambitions than to just provide affordable homes for rent. They set out to address local housing & community needs, whatever they may be, for instance acquiring & providing community facilities.
Knaresborough Community Land Trust is an open membership, non-profit organisation – anyone who is 16 years or over and lives, works or studies in the Knaresborough area or surrounding villages can join.
The National CLT Network has been awarded EU funding as part of a collaborative bid to see the growth of Community Land Trusts in cities within Europe's north-west region.
~ completed 2 affordable homes in June 2011, and is now mid-project for a larger housing scheme, using a creative funding cocktail and building on their earlier experience.
Homes for Holsworthy
~ with house prices in this small market town well beyond the reach of most local families the CLT has committed to providing 50 affordable homes in the town and surrounding areas.
Homes for Wells CLT
~ was established in 2006 as a result of revelations uncovered by housing investigation into the needs of local people showing the housing situation of local workers, or ‘keyworkers’, in particular, should be addressed.
About KCLT
We are a not-for-profit community-based organisation run by volunteers that delivers housing and other community facilities at permanently affordable levels for local people.
