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CLT Bibliography

The Community Land Trust Reader The CLT Reader, published in 2010 by the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy and edited by John Emmeus Davis, brings together the seminal texts that inspired and defined the community land trust movement.  A print version of the book may be purchased directly from the publisher. An e-book version of The CLT Reader is available through Amazon.

The International Economic Crisis: A Community Development Perspective, Jane Knodell

 “Common Ground: Community-owned Land as a Platform for Equitable and Sustainable Development.” University of San Francisco Law Journal 51 (issue 1), John Emmeus Davis. 2017.

Feasibility Study & Business Plan for a Proposed Community Land Trust Program Serving Denver’s Globeville, Elyria and Swansea Neighborhoods in Denver Colorado, authored for Urban Land Conservancy by Michael Brown and John Emmeus Davis in 2017.

Evaluating the Potential for Expanding or Establishing Community Land Trust Programs in Eight Colorado Counties – authored by Michael Brown, John Emmeus Davis and Dev Goetschius for the Colorado Health Foundation in 2019

2017 Habitat for Humanity Shelter Report, authored by John Emmeus Davis, regarding shared equity homeownership, including community land trusts, and Habitat for Humanity affiliates

Grounded Solutions Network Resource Library 

International Center for CLTS

Arc of Justice: The Rise, Fall, and Rebirth of a Beloved Community

On Common Ground: International Perspectives on the Community Land Trust. Madison WI: Terra Nostra Press, John Emmeus Davis, Line Algoed, and Maria Torrales Hernandez (eds.) 2020 

Community Matters: Conversations with Reflective Practitioners about the Value and Variety of Resident Engagement in Community Land Trusts. Madison WI: Terra Nostra Press, John Emmeus Davis (ed.) 2022

Reweaving the Tapestry of Tenure: Eight Elders of the CLT Movement Who Championed Community Ownership of Land. Madison WI: Terra Nostra Press, John Emmeus Davis (ed.) 2023