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Bipartisan legislation elevates community land trusts and shared equity programs to federal policy — testing whether ownership models that prioritize stewardship over speculation can operate at scale.
The Senate is weighing the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, which would expand community land trusts and shared equity models — governance experiments that treat housing as stewardship rather than speculation.
Senate Democrats propose ending tax benefits for firms that own 450,000 single-family homes and 2.2 million apartments — treating housing as extractive asset class rather than commons. A test of whether governance can reclaim shelter from financialization.
Grounded Solutions Network sponsors Nonprofit Quarterly's Leading Edge program, connecting community land trusts and housing justice organizations with management training amid federal funding pressures — infrastructure for the infrastructure.
Grounded Solutions Network partners with Nonprofit Quarterly to give housing justice organizations access to governance training and peer networks — recognizing that transformative systems work requires strengthened organizational capacity.
A Habitat affiliate in Washington state has pioneered a debt remediation program while scaling community land trust homeownership — testing new mechanisms for equitable access to housing that lasts generations.
Eleven regional cooperative banks allocate billions for affordable housing through mandated programs — including community land trusts. A case study in how existing financial infrastructure can be steered toward stewardship models.