About CLTB
Permanently affordable housing in Brussels for people on low incomes
Affordable housing
CLTB build affordable homes for low-income residents of Brussels. Thanks to our innovative solution, residents are able to buy a home without buying the land. The result? On average, our homes cost 40% less than those on the private market!
Resale is possible, but at a capped price to ensure that housing remains affordable for generations to come.
We also work with our partners to make mortgages accessible to those who want to buy a home.
Community Work
Residents are involved in the design and management of our housing projects. We support them throughout the process, empowering them to manage their homes independently.
We also collaborate with local associations to ensure our projects meet the needs of the neighbourhood, integrating community infrastructure into the projects.
Together with residents, we develop social initiatives such as after-school tutoring or bicycle training.
Community Work
Innovation and dissemination of the CLT model
Community Land Trust Brussels is actively involved in disseminating the CLT model in Brussels, Belgium and Europe, while innovating to strengthen the supply of affordable housing and foster non-speculative urban development.
Our impact
82% of residents say they have felt more fulfilled since moving into a CLTB home.
CLTB measures its impact to assess its actions and practices, and to highlight the added value of its projects, community work, and efforts to promote the CLT model.
Mission
Community Land Trust Brussels (CLTB) offers low-income residents of Brussels the opportunity of living in affordable, sustainable, and quality homes.
CLTB’s work goes beyond housing development — it also includes community work with residents, improving the surrounding neighbourhoods where CLTs are active, and strengthening community life.
Vision
Community Land Trust Brussels believes that stable, quality housing is essential to people’s well-being. We support the development of a city where all low-income individuals have access to affordable housing.
Community Land Trust Brussels considers land as a common good, ensuring that housing remains affordable for future generations.
Governance
CLTB consists of a non-profit organization and a foundation of public utility.
CLTB is committed to ensuring that the interests of all stakeholders are represented on its Board of Directors. For this reason, the Board is composed equally of residents, local community members, civil society representatives, and public authority representatives.
The non-profit organisation “Community Land Trust – Brussels” is responsible for the day-to-day management of properties owned by the Foundation. It also hires staff to oversee the development and follow-up of housing projects, supports candidates, and facilitates their transition into their new homes.
The Foundation of Public Utility “Community Land Trust – Brussels” (FUP CLTB) purchases the land on which housing projects are built. It retains ownership of the land while delegating property management to the non-profit organisation CLTB.
Our annual report
Projects, figures, activities and highlights from the past year. You can find all this information in our annual report.
Partner organisations
The member associations, which play an important role in the development of our organization and in the preparation of new projects.
They give us the legitimacy to do what we do, and many of them help in the development of projects together with the future residents, as member of a working group, or in the general meeting.
Make a donation
Your donation to Community Land Trust Brussels supports a fundamental right: access to affordable, quality housing.
