“This is a groundbreaking and insightful report. It will make a tremendous difference to practitioners, cities, and policymakers as CLTs are experiencing historic growth and expansion in an increasingly unaffordable housing market. This report powerfully demonstrates the range of tools local governments have to enable and sustain CLTs. The local government role is critical since communities can and do face formidable challenges in establishing CLTs in both high-cost land markets and historically disinvested neighborhoods. The report importantly captures other expanding dimensions of CLTs, including partnerships with local land banks, the incorporation of commercial uses, and their role in climate resilience for vulnerable communities.”

John Emmeus Davis is a city planner who has spent much of his 40-year career providing technical assistance to CLTs and documenting their history and performance. He coauthored the Lincoln Institute’s 2008 publication, The City-CLT Partnership. He previously served as the city’s housing director in Burlington, Vermont, and dean of the National CLT Academy. He is a partner at Burlington Associates in Community Development LLC, a national consulting cooperative. He is a founding board member of the International Center for CLTs and editor-in-chief of the Center’s imprint, Terra Nostra Press.

Kristin King-Ries is an attorney whose practice is focused on creating and stewarding permanently affordable homes and farms for people priced out of the traditional real estate market. She represents CLTs and other nonprofits and serves as a consultant to the Agrarian Trust and the Center for Agricultural and Food Systems at the Vermont Law and Graduate School. She is presently playing the lead role in organizing a CLT legal collaborative on behalf of the International Center for CLTs. She previously served as general counsel for Trust Montana from 2017 to 2021.