Carnegie UK Trust has championed Community Land Trusts as an effective mechanism for the provision of affordable housing in rural areas. This support has been achieved through funding pilot schemes through the National CLT Demonstration Project.
We are delighted therefore that the Matthew Taylor Review of Rural Economy and Affordable Housing, commissioned by Gordon Brown and published on the 23 July contains the following recommendation:
Recommendation 20:
The Government should anticipate increased interest in Community Land Trusts (CLTs) as a model for affordable housing delivery and draw up guidance on how best to implement the model following the recent review of the CLT pilots, in particular addressing the need for a clear definition of what CLTs are, and broad rules on how they operate, without removing the structural flexibility that they currently enjoy which allows specific arrangements to be responsive to the needs of particular areas.
