| Community Land Trust Structure
As previously stated, Community Land Trust houses are privately owned homes on community owned land. CLT’s are created to provide and preserve access to land and housing for people who are otherwise denied access; to provide long-term community control and ownership of neighborhood resources for long term stability and security; to empower residents through involvement and participation in the organization; and to preserve the public benefit from public funds in housing development.
The basic structure of the classic CLT is similar throughout the country. CLT’s are typically membership-based non-profit community organizations that are governed by a variety of stakeholders comprising a tri-partite board. Usually, one-third of the board members are residents of CLT housing or other representatives of the population served by the CLT. Another third are representative of the public’s interests, and the remaining third represent the community at large. The composition of the CLT and the CLT Board of Directors is meant to insure that CLT homeowners have an active voice in the work of the Land Trust, along with their neighborhoods and cities. In addition, this unique structure allows the CLT to strike a balance between the interests of the community and the needs of individual residents.
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