Forever affordable housing

in Brussels

Residents buy the homes, not the land!

Affordable housing

We build affordable housing for low-income residents of Brussels. Thanks to our innovative solution, our 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!

Housing projects

Community Work

Residents are involved in the design and management of our housing projects. We support them in this process so that they are capable of independently managing their households on a day-to-day basis.

Our community

Social innovation

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.

Innovation

Info session for candidate-homeowners (in French)

Attending an informational meeting is mandatory for your registration to be considered. During this meeting, we will explain how CLTB works, what sets us apart from the private market, the terms and commitments involved in buying with CLTB, the sale price, and more.

Community Land Trust Brussels projects

Discover our housing projects in Brussels

Inhabited

Mariemont – L’Écluse

9 homes in Molenbeek. The first inhabited CLT on the European continent!

Inhabited

Verheyden – Le Nid

7 homes, a polyvalent space and a semi-public garden in Anderlecht.

Inhabited

Vandenpeereboom – Arc-en-Ciel

32 homes, a shared garden and community space in Molenbeek.

Discover all projects

Make a donation

Your donation to Community Land Trust Brussels supports a fundamental right: access to affordable, quality housing.

Make a donation

Latest news

News

Visit of the Party of European Socialists and Commissionner Glenn Micallef

On the European Day of Intergenerational Solidarity, Calico had the pleasure of welcoming a delegation from the Party of European Socialists, including European Commissioner for Intergenerational Fairness, Youth, Culture and Sports, Glenn Micallef, Charles Spapens (Mayor of Forest), Andreas Schieder (MEP), Idoia Mendia Cueva (MEP) and Pascal Smet (Member of the European Committee of the Regions).

Event

World CLT Day 2025

May 17 marks World Community Land Trust Day. To celebrate, the International Center for Community Land Trusts is hosting two webinars, where we will have the opportunity to speak.

Non classé

Successful conference for the Upcycling Trust project !

The progress of the 5 social renovation pilots (Brussels, Cork, Ghent, Lille and Rennes) was presented to regional and EU policymakers at a key conference organized on 1st April by Community Land Trust Ghent and hosted by the City of Ghent. This conference was part of the Interreg NWE funded “Upcycling Trust” project.

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.

Impact report

World habitat Award

In 2021, World Habitat and UN-Habitat awarded a gold medal to Community Land Trust Brussels for its work and innovation.

They bequeathed their house and land to Community Land Trust Brussels

Jo and Cécile

We've lived a good life here and we want our house and land to continue to be socially useful after we're gone. We are confident that this will be the case by bequeathing the house to Community Land Trust Brussels. And the CLT formula guarantees that the house will remain affordable forever.

Cécile and Bernard

For me, property as it exists today is not fair. I don't think homeowners are taxed enough, and that's one of the reasons for my decision to donate a house to Fair Ground Brussels and its land to CLTB. You should read Thomas Picketty on this subject. He explains very well how the current system favours owners of capital, and how this makes the injustices worse.