We empower communities to create more equitable housing through community-owned land and resident-led solutions.

Established in 1973

NCLT is a community land trust whose mission is to incubate, develop, and support permanently affordable housing on community-owned and governed land throughout the Bay Area.

Racial Justice

We prioritize BIPOC communities, reject non-inclusive work, and cultivate an equitable, inclusive organizational culture.

Housing Justice

We advocate for equitable futures, grounded in the need to repair the harms embedded in historical financial and land use practices.

Community-driven

We respond to the needs of community - partners, residents, and ourselves - by ensuring decisions are rooted with people.

Self-determination

We trust and value residents as
co-stewards, through shared leadership and democratic practice within our organization and communities.

NCLT in the news

  • Collaborating with Residents to Buy Berkeley Building

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  • Saving a Grandmother’s Home with CA Policy Reform

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  • Advocating with Tenants for the Right to Purchase

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NCLT cultivates permanently affordable communities

NCLT partners and collaborates with community members to provide housing, consultation, training, and incubation, and to advocate for permanently affordable housing opportunities and legislation.

Community members. Housing partners. Change makers.

Celebrating 50 years since its creation, NCLT is an established leader, collaborator, and innovator in the field of community-owned and governed land.

Making an Impact

NCLT fosters community change through partnerships. Learn more about how community collaboration can influence individuals, groups, neighborhoods, policies, systems, and future generations.

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Collaborate with us to expand permanently affordable communities