News from pilot projects: Rehabilitation of 15 houses in the Petit Maroc neighbourhood (Lille) 18 Feb 2025 Located in the Petit Maroc neighbourhood, the 15 targeted houses were built in the 1950s with basic materials. These homes are approximately 40m² in size. They are energy inefficient and in urgent nee... Read more
News from pilot projects: helping vulnurable homeowners with their energy renovation 18 Feb 2025 In Brussels, Community Land Trust Brussels (CLTB) is working with two owner-occupants who have agreed to experiment with the Upcycling Trust model. These two projects share several characteristics: th... Read more
CLT Ghent's first project has been completed and the residents moved into it! 18 Feb 2025 In December, the 34 homes and the community hall of the Mykolaiv project were completed. This is CLT Ghent's first inhabited project . The project had great press coverage. An introduction to the proj... Read more
Community land Trust-Based Renovation: Aligning sustainability with social protection and community empowerment 18 Feb 2025 To address this, EU policymakers should use the forthcoming European Affordable Housing Plan to underpin new sustainability requirements of the EU Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD), now... Read more
Can CLTs play a role in climate policy? 3 Oct 2024 The following contribution was written by Geert de Pauw (Community Land Trust Brussels) for the blog of the International Center for Community Land Trusts, as a contribution to the upcoming webinar on... Read more
Supporting the Upcycling Trust Project: A Researcher’s Perspective 3 Oct 2024 The following contribution was written by Jeanne Mosseray, PhD Researcher at Cosmopolis Centre for Urban Research as a contribution to the upcoming webinar on”Using CLTs to Deliver Energy Renovation a... Read more
Webinar recording: Using CLTs to Deliver Energy Renovation and Permanent Affordability to Existing Housing 3 Oct 2024 On 25 September, the International Center for Community Land Trust , in collaboration with partners of the Upcycling Trust project, hosted an insightful webinar focused on the role of CLTs in promotin... Read more
What is a Community Land Trust (CLT) and what is an Organisme de Foncier Solidaire (OFS)? 3 Oct 2024 The model of Community Land Trusts (CLTs) and Organismes Fonciers Solidaires (OFS) offers an innovative and hybrid form of ownership suitable for upcycling substandard buildings into affordable housin... Read more
Webinar: Using CLTs to Deliver Energy Renovation and Permanent Affordability to Existing Housing 2 Sep 2024 Description Facing the twin challenges of producing more affordable housing and addressing climate change, cities across the world are caught between the need for producing more housing while protecti... Read more
And off we go! Kick-off meeting in Lille 22 Apr 2024 The kick-off meeting of the Upcycling Trust project in Lille marked a significant step in addressing the urgent challenge of the renovation and the decomodification* of housing. Context The housing cr... Read more