Your Path to Affordable Home Ownership
Community-Owned Housing Initiative
Housing is a human right, and homeownership shouldn't be out of reach. Our community-owned housing initiative is working to create affordable pathways to homeownership in our neighborhood.
Our Housing Mission
We're developing innovative approaches to affordable housing that keep communities together while building wealth and stability for families. Through cooperative ownership models and community land trusts, we're making homeownership accessible.
"Community-owned housing cooperatives represent not just a viable solution but an essential tool for achieving racial equity within the next generation rather than the next five centuries."
How You Can Help
This initiative is currently in development as we raise funds and build partnerships. Your contribution helps us research, plan, and implement housing solutions that serve our community's needs.
Research & Planning
Supports community research and housing needs assessment
Partnership Building
Helps establish partnerships with housing organizations
Community Education
Funds workshops on cooperative housing models
Implementation
Supports initial development and infrastructure planning
Proven Models of Success
Community-owned housing cooperatives have a proven track record of success across the country
Champlain Housing Trust
40+ Years Strong
Operating in Vermont for over four decades, CHT has helped families build an average of $49,776 in proceeds from home sales while keeping homes affordable for the next generation.
67% of CHT homeowners successfully purchase market-rate homes when they're ready to move
ROC USA Network
275 Communities, 18,790 Homes
Residents have taken control of their housing destiny. ROC communities raise site fees at less than 25% of the industry average, and homes sell for higher values with less time on market.
Proven model for resident ownership and community control
Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative
Boston, 40+ Years
DSNI became the first community organization to obtain eminent domain powers, developing 400+ new homes while transforming 1,300 vacant lots into productive community spaces.
Successfully prevented displacement during Boston's gentrification wave
Join Our Housing Justice Movement
Ready to be part of the solution? Your contribution helps us research, plan, and implement housing solutions that serve our community's needs and create pathways to homeownership.