About CLTB
Forever affordable housing in Brussels for people on low incomes
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!
Resale is possible, but at a capped price so that housing remains affordable generation after generation.
We are also working with our partners to make mortgages available to those who want to buy a homes.
Community Work
Residents are involved in the design and management of our housing projects. We accompany them in this process so that they can then manage their households independently.
Furthermore, we work with local associations to ensure that our projects meet neighborhood needs, integrating community infrastructure into the projects.
Together with residents, we develop social projects such as after-school tutoring, bicycle training and job coaching.
Community Work
Dissemination of the CLT model
Together with our European partners, we have helped create several Community Land Trusts in Belgium and Europe. In order to do this, we provide our experts and documentation to support you in launching new Community Land Trusts.
If you are interested in creating a Community Land Trust in your town or region, please contact our team.
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.
Mission
Community Land Trust Brussels (CLTB) offers low-income residents of Brussels the possibility of living in affordable, sustainable, and quality homes.
The work of Community Land Trust Brussels is not just limited to the development of housing, but also extends to community work with residents, improvement of the surrounding neighbourhood in which the CLT is 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 in which all low-income people have access to live in affordable housing.
Community Land Trust Brussels considers land as a common good so that housing can remain affordable from one generation to the next.
Governance
CLTB is comprised of a Non-profit Organisation and a Foundation of Public Utility.
CLTB is committed to ensuring that the interests of all stakeholders are represented on its Board of Directors. That’s why the Board of Directors is composed equally of residents, locals of the surrounding area and civil society, and public authority representatives.
The Non-profit Organisation “Community Land Trust – Brussels” is in charge of the daily management of properties owned by the Foundation. It also hires staff responsible for the installation and follow-up of the housing projects, as well as supports household buyers and facilitates their transition.
The Foundation of Public Utility “Community Land Trust – Brussels” (FUP CLTB) purchases the land on which housing projects are built. It maintains ownership of the land and delegates the management of the property 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
By making a donation to Community Land Trust Brussels, you are helping to promote this fundamental right: access to affordable, quality housing.
