Organizational Start-ups
Listed here is a representative sample of clients who have looked to Burlington Associates for assistance in:
◦ Creating a neighborhood-based, city-wide, or region-wide community land
trust; or
◦ Creating a “central server” or similar regional system to support the
development and stewardship of scattered-site resale-restricted, owner-
occupied housing.
houston community land trust (houston, tx)
At the request of the director of the City of Houston's Housing and Community Development Department (HCDD), assist HCDD and community stakeholders to assess the feasibility of establishing and operating a local community land trust, to develop Houston CLT's bylaws and its application to the IRS seeking 501(c)(3) charitable designation, to develop and refine an operations and business plan to guide its creation and initial operations, and to assist with its implementation and the design of its homeownership program, including its ground lease and resale formula. Now in operation, the Houston CLT, in partnership with HCDD, projects bringing 1,600 permanently affordable owner-occupied homes into its portfolio by 2024. (www.houstonclt.org)
utah community land trust (provo, Ut)
Assist the Provo City Housing Authority to assess the feasibility of establishing and operating a community land trust program to operate in Provo County and beyond, to develop a business plan to guide the CLT organization's operations, to develop UCLT's bylaws and develop its application to the IRS seeking 501(c)(3) charitable designation, and to design its homeownership program, including the ground lease and resale formula. UCLT is expected to be operational and begin building its portfolio in early 2020.
Cass clay community land trust (fargo, nd)
With funding from the Fargo-Moorhead Area Foundation, assist community leaders to develop a business plan to guide CCCLT's operations and build the technical and organizational capacity of CCCLT and its homeownership program, including the ground lease and resale formula, to provide a permanent pool of affordably priced, owner-occupied homes targeted to low-income and moderate-income households in communities and cities in Cass County, North Dakota, and Clay County, Minnesota.
west central community land trust (alexandria, mn)
With HUD technical assistance funding made available through the Minnesota Housing Partnership, assist West Central Minnesota Communities Action and community partners to assess the feasibility of establishing and operating a community land trust program to operate in its 7-county service area, to develop a business plan to guide the CLT program's operations, and to design its homeownership program, including the ground lease and resale formula.
city of bridges community land trust (pittsburgh pa)
In 2015, assisted the Lawrenceville Corporation (LC) to design and establish a community land trust program in the rapidly gentrifying Lawrenceville neighborhood. Six newly-constructed homes and one rehabbed homes, the first community land trust homes in western Pennsylvania, were added to LC's CLT program in 2016. Assisted LC and neighboring communities and jurisdictions to design and create City of Bridges CLT, a multi-neighborhood, multi-jurisdictional community land trust. (www.cityofbridgesclt.org)
Palmetto Community land trust (CHarleston, sc)
With funding from the Historic Charleston and the City of Charleston, assist these entities and their community partners and stakeholders to assess the feasibility of establishing and operating a municipally-sponsored community land trust, to develop a business plan to guide its creation and initial operations, and to assist with its implementation. PCLT closed on the purchase of 48 units of affordable rental housing units in an expiring Low Income Housing Tax Credit development in November 2019. (www.palmettoclt.org)
ASHEVILLE BUNCOMBE community land trust (Asheville, NC)
Contract with the City of the City of Asheville and assist the City and community stakeholders to assess the feasibility of establishing and operating a local community land trust, to develop ABCLT's bylaws and its application to the IRS seeking 501(c)(3) charitable designation, to develop a business plan to guide its creation and initial operations, and to assist with its implementation and the design of its homeownership program, including its ground lease and resale formula. (www.abclt.org)
Columbia community land trust (Columbia, mo)
Contract with the City of Columbia and assist the City and its community partners to assess the feasibility of establishing and operating a municipally-sponsored community land trust, to develop a business plan to guide its creation and initial operations, to develop CCLT's bylaws and its application to the IRS seeking 501(c)(3) charitable designation, and to assist with its implementation and the design of its CLT homeownership program, including the ground lease and resale formula. Columbia CLT began operations in 2018 (www.comolandtrust.com)
raleigh area land trust (raleigh, NC)
In 2017 and 2018, assist Raleigh residents, nonprofit organizations and philanthropists to assess the feasibility of establishing and operating a municipally-sponsored community land trust, to develop a business plan to guide its creation and initial operations, to develop RALT's bylaws and its application to the IRS seeking 501(c)(3) charitable designation, and to assist with its implementation. (www.ralt.org)
flagstaff townsite historic properties community land trust (Flagstaff, Az)
In 2015 and 2016, assist neighborhood residents to apply for IRS 501(c)(3) charitable designation and develop Townsite CLT's homeownership program and to build its capacity not only to preserve housing affordability but to preserve the historic character of its homes and of the historic Townsite neighborhood in which these homes are located. The first four award-winning 4Square cottages were added to Townsite CLT's portfolio in 2017. (www.townsiteclt.org)
Atlanta Land Trust Collaborative (Atlanta, GA)
Assistance to the Atlanta Beltline Partnership in creating the blueprint for a “central server” that will seed and support neighborhood-based community land trusts along the path of the Atlanta Beltline, currently the largest urban redevelopment project in the United States.
City of Chicago (Chicago, IL)
Assistance to the City of Chicago’s Department of Housing in creating a municipally sponsored community land trust to preserve the affordability of publicly assisted, owner-occupied housing.
Community Home Trust (Carrboro, NC)
Technical support for the efforts of three town governments and three community development corporations to establish a countywide community land trust, the Orange Community Housing and Land Trust. OCHLT was later renamed the Community Home Trust.
Crescent City Community Land Trust (New Orleans, LA)
Assistance to community stakeholders in determining the most effective strategy for implementing a comprehensive community land trust strategy in New Orleans. Assistance in designing and implementing CCCLT ‘central server’ organization with three primary program areas: (1) residential; (2) commercial; and (3) vacant properties – with an overall goal of supporting neighborhood-based CLT stewardship.
Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government (Lexington, KY)
Assistance to LFUCG and the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet to develop a community land trust to preserve the newly developed Southend Park Urban Village neighborhood, a mix of 100+ rental and for-sale homes, institutional and commercial properties. This neighborhood is being developed as part of a state-funded highway extension project in Lexington, Kentucky.
Pima County Community Land Trust (Tucson, AZ)
Assistance with creation of a community land trust to serve the City of Tucson and Pima County, with a primary focus on preserving the affordability and condition of 70+ homes purchased and rehabbed with NSP funds, while providing assistance and support to the low-income households that own these homes. Assistance from Burlington Associates has included assessing CLT feasibility, developing a business plan, designing programs, and strategic planning.