EAST NEW YORK CLT
We are an organization of community leaders and activists dedicated to preserving affordability for future generations and providing a vehicle to create generational wealth. The CLT seeks to own land and lease the land to the owners of the buildings and other uses on the land.
MISSION
To protect, stabilize and expand the stock of affordable homes, locally-owned small businesses and green spaces in East New York and Brownsville for the benefit of low- to moderate- income, black and brown residents. The CLT exerts control over the built, social and natural environment through community organizing, education, and property ownership.
VISION
Our vision is for a healthy, self-sustaining community where our needs are provided ‘for us, by us’ and where we can build the generational wealth of the whole community.
PRINCIPLES
Collective action
Racial equity
Community experience and expertise
Forward-thinking while learning from history
Curiosity and experimentation
Flexibility and adaptability
Community benefit over profit
STRATEGIES
Promote permanently and truly affordable housing
Protect existing spaces and create new affordable spaces for locally-owned small businesses
Protecting and promoting environmentally sustainable land uses such as green spaces, gardens and parks.
Provide financial education and housing counseling
Provide education around social movements, history, systemic issues
Developing community leadership
Ensuring that young people and seniors have a voice through intergenerational organizing
