The Community Land Trust (CLT) movement is at an exciting and critical moment in history. Never has the model been more prominent or generated more interest. Right now, more than 20 communities are starting a CLT through the support of our Priming Program. Major journals like the Atlantic are covering…
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by Rachel Silver & Melora Hiller Here we are, 2016, a new year and a new organization with a new name! You have been our members, supporters, allies and partners when we were the National Community Land Trust Network and Cornerstone Partnership, and we hope you will continue to be…
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by Rachel Silver & Melora Hiller Next month, Cornerstone Partnership and the National Community Land Trust Network will be one fully integrated organization, with a new Board of Directors composed of practitioners, allies, and other key stakeholders who will help launch and guide the organization over the coming years. We…
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by Rachel Silver & Melora Hiller For those of you who are members of both Cornerstone Partnership and the National Community Land Trust Network, you’ll be getting one fewer newsletter in your inbox this month. As we move closer to the launch of a new, integrated organization, we’re already combining…
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Now I don’t know about you, but one of my favorite things to do on a plane is to get to know the person in the seat next to mine. For most people, this is the stuff of nightmares and an unimaginable violation of social taboo, but for me, I…
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Cornerstone’s beta Inclusionary Calculator has been getting a lot of press!1 We are thrilled the tool is gaining visibility and, more importantly, that it is being used in policy conversations. We’d like to put our own Cornerstone perspective into the mix and also clear up any misperceptions. So, here it is,…
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Folks who attended the National Community Land Trust Network’s annual conference in Lexington, KY earlier this month found a special gift in their “swag bag” – a hot-off-the-press copy of the most comprehensive report to date on Inclusionary Housing policy, published by the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, with support…
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Ann Hollingshead is a recent graduate of the Goldman School of Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley. While at the Goldman School, she wrote her master’s thesis entitled, When and How Cities Should Implement Inclusionary Housing Policies?, with support and funding from the Cornerstone Partnership. Berkeley’s Goldman School…
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We’re excited to learn that starting August 15th, lenders will be able to use Fannie Mae’s automated underwriting system, Desktop Underwriter ®, on loans made to homebuyers using ground leases or deed-restricted covenants that stipulate resale restrictions. If you administer a community land trust or a program that sells homes…
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This blog post was co-authored by Sasha Hauswald and Michael Rawson, Director of the Public Interest Law Project, and written into an interview-style format. On Monday, June 15, the California Supreme Court issued its long awaited decision on the “San Jose Case.” In a landmark opinion, the court affirmed that Inclusionary Housing…
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