What is the history of Community Land Trusts?
Founders of the Institute Community Economics (ICE) conceived the Community Land Trust (CLT) model in the late 1960’s. One source of inspiration was Vinoba Bhave’s Granada or “land gift” movement in India, a successful voluntary land reform effort initiated during the 1950’s. Also influential were the Jewish National Fund, the conservation land trust movement, and Native American concepts of land stewardship. The Community Land Trust (CLT) is a contemporary American adaptation of these influences: a new model for land reform, preservation and sustainable, affordable development.
