Forever affordable housing

in Brussels

Resident buy the homes, not the land!

Create 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

Dissemination of the CLT model

With our partners, we have helped create several Community Land Trusts in Belgium and Europe. We provide them expertise and information as support in launching their own projects.

Dissemination
115 Housed families low-income status
77 Apartments in construction

Info session for candidate-homeowners

Attending an informational meeting is mandatory in order for your registration to be considered. At this meeting, we will explain how CLTB works, what differentiates us from the private market, the terms and commitments for buying with CLTB, the sale price, etc.

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Community Land Trust Brussels projects

Find out more about 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 flats, a polyvalent space and a semi-public garden in Anderlecht.
Inhabited

Vandenpeereboom – Arc-en-Ciel

32 flats, a shared garden and community space in Molenbeek.
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Make a donation

By making a donation to Community Land Trust Brussels, you are helping to promote this fundamental right: access to affordable, quality housing.

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Latest news

News

European Commission visit to exemplary CLT builds momentum for future EU-level support

On Monday, we had the pleasure of welcoming Mario Nava Director-General of DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion (EMPL) for the European Commission, during a visit organised by the European Community Land Trust Network.
Event

Can CLTs play a role in climate policy?

The following contribution was published on the blog of the International Center for Community Land Trusts, as a contribution to the upcoming webinar on”Using CLTs to Deliver Energy Renovation and Permanent Affordability to Existing Housing” on 25 September.
Event

Webinar 25/09: Using CLTs to Deliver Energy Renovation and Permanent Affordability to Existing Housing

By linking sustainability in the built environment to the creation of permanently affordable housing, CLTs can simultaneously respond to the housing and climate crisis in ways that ensure justice and equity.
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Our impact

82% of residents say they have felt more fulfilled since moving into a CLTB home.

CLTB measures its impact in order to evaluate its actions and practices, and to highlight the added value of its projects, its community work and its involvement in disseminating 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.

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