http://www.justpractising.com/housing/community-land-trusts-lets-start-talking-to-the-enemy/ So what do those architect types do then eh? Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:36:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.justpractising.com/housing/community-land-trusts-lets-start-talking-to-the-enemy/comment-page-1/#comment-2301 About the Community Land Trusts Conference 2011 — Just Practising Thu, 03 Mar 2011 17:08:45 +0000 http://www.justpractising.com/?p=1080#comment-2301 [...] wrote at the time about how not for profit development trusts including the CLTs should talk to the construction industry, including architects and developers, about how to make these ideas work in [...] [...] wrote at the time about how not for profit development trusts including the CLTs should talk to the construction industry, including architects and developers, about how to make these ideas work in [...]

]]> http://www.justpractising.com/housing/community-land-trusts-lets-start-talking-to-the-enemy/comment-page-1/#comment-1887 su Wed, 01 Sep 2010 20:52:39 +0000 http://www.justpractising.com/?p=1080#comment-1887 Bonnie Wong has done some maths on house prices here: <a href="http://lookuplookaround.wordpress.com/2010/09/01/the-mathematics-of-house-prices/" rel="nofollow">The Mathematics of House Prices </a> Bonnie Wong has done some maths on house prices here:
The Mathematics of House Prices

]]> http://www.justpractising.com/housing/community-land-trusts-lets-start-talking-to-the-enemy/comment-page-1/#comment-1685 Rob Hindle @RuralUK Thu, 12 Aug 2010 07:41:05 +0000 http://www.justpractising.com/?p=1080#comment-1685 Look to rural experience. CLTs have been effective where they have been able to bring together landowner, community and local authority. If you have the demand (people prepared to pay what they can afford), the land (and at cost that fits the affordable finance) and a builder - you don't necessarily need a developer. In my view the landed estate sector offers a massive opportunity for local delivery of affordable housing in rural areas. Estates have land to offer and can take a long term view. Very often the vitality of small communities is of commercial interest to them as they own other parts of it. In an urban context substitute public sector site owners for estates - especially as you say local authorities, who will all be reviewing their own estates as they look to shared services and reducing costs. Look to rural experience. CLTs have been effective where they have been able to bring together landowner, community and local authority. If you have the demand (people prepared to pay what they can afford), the land (and at cost that fits the affordable finance) and a builder – you don’t necessarily need a developer.
In my view the landed estate sector offers a massive opportunity for local delivery of affordable housing in rural areas. Estates have land to offer and can take a long term view. Very often the vitality of small communities is of commercial interest to them as they own other parts of it.
In an urban context substitute public sector site owners for estates – especially as you say local authorities, who will all be reviewing their own estates as they look to shared services and reducing costs.

]]> http://www.justpractising.com/housing/community-land-trusts-lets-start-talking-to-the-enemy/comment-page-1/#comment-1676 John Smith Wed, 11 Aug 2010 08:53:32 +0000 http://www.justpractising.com/?p=1080#comment-1676 So are they any creative ways that community land trusts can use to overcome the funding dilemma? So are they any creative ways that community land trusts can use to overcome the funding dilemma?

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