Research Updates 9/29/22
CLT Census Study Update
Back in June, Grounded Solutions launched a once-in-a-decade census survey for the nation’s community land trusts and shared equity programs. The information we gather fuels policy wins, funding for the field, best practice dissemination, and priorities for us to help you advance your work. Over 110 organizations have completed the survey, and we THANK YOU!
Field-wide participation is imperative and we certainly don’t want organizations and great work left out of the results and reports. For those who have not had a chance to do so, please go here to start the survey.
Recent Publications
How & Why CLTs Advance Racial Equity
In a collection of articles about community-led housing practices across three countries (UK, Canada, and the U.S.) published by academic journal Planning Theory & Practice, Grounded Solutions researchers Vince Wang and Emily Thaden presented how and why community land trusts advance racial equity.
Inclusionary Zoning Policies Associated with Positive Health Outcomes
Does inclusionary zoning alleviate the negative health impacts of gentrification? In this study, Grounded Solutions Research Fellow Vince Wang and his co-author Courtnee Melton-Fant find that the presence of inclusionary zoning policy is associated with positive health outcome measures. However, the positive health effects of access to healthy food were not experienced by Black and African American populations as they were by other race/ethnicity groups. The authors call for proactive and race-conscious affordable housing policy interventions to foster better population health outcomes. The paper is published in academic journal Housing Policy Debate.
Shared Equity Homeowners Transition to Better Neighborhoods
Applying Grounded Solutions HomeKeeper National Data Hub data, researchers from the University of California, Berkeley and the University of Washington find evidence supporting community land trusts and other types of shared equity programs promote upward mobility. Specifically, the study finds that after exiting their shared equity homes, households moved to neighborhoods with lower poverty, higher school quality, and better access to jobs than where they had previously lived before buying shared equity homes. In addition, their tenure in shared equity homes positioned them to access better neighborhoods than comparable households that continued to rent or transitioned to traditional homeownership. The study was published in Housing Studies.
The CBDO Survey
Grounded Solutions supports a national study of community-based development organizations (CBDO) — the Grounding Values Study. The study was initiated by the National Alliance of Community Economic Development Associations (NACEDA) and is being conducted by the Urban Institute.
The survey aims to capture all nonprofit community development organizations in the United States and will provide critical data to improve the flow of resources to support your work. Your participation will help ensure community land trusts and nonprofits with shared equity homeownership programs are fully represented in their findings.
If your organization has not received an email earlier this month with a unique custom link to the survey, fill out the form here to receive a personalized link.
