Uniondale Community Land Trust
New York
2014
Yes
U-CLT uses the land trust model to create sustainably affordable homes (affordable at 50-80% of Nassau County’s AMI) through grassroots, community-led development. We focus on owner-occupied homes, including those left behind by the foreclosure crisis, turning vacancy and abandonment into stable homeownership and economic opportunity.
tripartite board
open membership
U-CLT houses are affordable at 50-80% of Nassau County’s AMI.
Uniondale received a disproportionate number of subprime loans during the housing boom. More than half of the loans originated between 2005 and 2006 were high-rate, and the community has faced high levels of foreclosures, vacancies, and post-crash speculative investment. The Uniondale Community Land Trust was founded in 2014 to counter this, under the fiscal sponsorship of Uniondale Community Council. U-CLT collaborates with local non-profits like Habitat for Humanity, Leviticus Fund, and Harvard Design School.