We are proud to be one of the founding partners of the Dallas Community Land Trust (DCLT). Throughout our history, we have sought bold solutions to our city’s biggest problems, and there is no issue more important to the future of Dallas communities than affordable housing.

Community land trusts acquire and hold land in perpetuity, ensuring that housing remains permanently affordable, and provides stewardship and support through homeowner education, financial counseling, and long-term community engagement. By establishing a community land trust with our partners across Dallas, we can collaboratively address the critical need for affordable housing in our city and rectify historical inequities in homeownership.

Unlike traditional homeownership models where land and homes are sold together at market rates, community land trusts retain ownership of the land while allowing individuals or families to purchase the homes built on it. This dual-ownership structure significantly reduces the upfront cost for buyers, making homeownership more accessible to low and moderate-income families.

Community land trusts can also serve as a flexible tool for holistic neighborhood stabilization and community wealth creation. The CLT framework can be used to:

OUR MISSION

The Dallas Community Land Trust (DCLT) is dedicated to acquiring, developing, and stewarding land in Dallas for the purpose of creating and preserving permanently affordable housing opportunities for low-to-moderate income families, in the form of single-family and multifamily housing, while helping to build and preserve equitable, inclusive, and culturally sustainable communities.