Discussion and Information about a Montana Community Land Trust
The O.P. and W.E. Edwards Foundation awarded NeighborWorks Montana a grant to study the feasibility of establishing a centrally administered, statewide, Montana Community Land Trust (CLT) which will serve rural communities currently outside the established service areas of the existing CLT organizations in Montana. Part of the feasibility study, conducted by the North Missoula Community Development Corporation, included a survey asking housing professionals across the state about their familiarity with the land trust concept and about their interest in learning more.
Trust Montana Steering Committee
Documents under consideration.
CLT - Basic Structural Considerations
DRAFT - Trust Montana By-Laws
DRAFT - Articles of Incorporation
The Feasibility Study
Trust Montana Statewide Community Land Trust Feasibility Study May 2010
Commissioned by: The O.P. and W.E. Edwards Foundation
Conducted by: NeighborWorks Montana
Authored by: Bob Oaks, North Missoula Community Development Corporation
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Links to Related Information
Statement by Van Temple, Diamond State CLT,
about the experience of creating a statewide land trust
Diamond State Community Land Trust website
Burlington Associates CLT Resource Center webpage
Burlington Community Land Trust (Now Champlain Housing Trust) is one of the oldest CLT’s in the nation. Their resource site is full of free information as well as for sale books and documents on nearly every subject related to CLTs in the US.
National Community Land Trust Network
The National Community Land Trust Network is the umbrella organization supporting the work of community land trusts across the United States -- promoting sustainable development through the development of permanently affordable housing and the protection of working lands.
The Vermont Housing and Conservation Board
The Vermont Housing and Conservation Board is an independent, state-supported funding agency providing grants, loans and technical assistance to nonprofit organizations, municipalities and state agencies for the development of perpetually affordable housing and for the conservation of important agricultural land, recreational land, natural areas and historic properties in Vermont.
Are Land Trusts an Answer to Affordable Housing? - Flathead Beacon article
Kalispell community land trust wants to buy foreclosed homes - Missoulian December 13, 2009
Land trust information - wikipedia
Shared Equity Homeownership
NeighborWorks Montana
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Whitefish Area Land Trust Documents
Whitefish Area Land Trust Bylaws
Whitefish Area Land Trust Ground Lease
Homeowner Initiated Purchase (HIP) Program Parameters
Homeowner Initiated Purchase (HIP) Program Process
Homeowner Initiated Purchase (HIP) Property Eligibility Criteria
Community Land Trust Webinar
September 3, 2010, Noon to 1:30 p.m.
Agenda
General Recommendations
Online Resources
Materials from the Biennial Housing Conference
CLT breakout sessions
Helena ~ June 15, 16, 17, 2010
Creating and Preserving Affordable Housing in Montana: A Community Land Trust Solution
Presented by: Jerry Petasek, Coordinator of the Land Stewardship Program at the North Missoula Community Development Corporation
Information about the Northwest Montana Community Land Trust - Opportunities
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Materials from the Community Land Trust Webinar
presented Wednesday ~ January 13, 2010
Responses to the Montana Community Land Trust survey
conducted by NMCDC - Part 1 of 2
Responses to the Montana Community Land Trust survey
conducted by NMCDC - Part 2 of 2
A Google map showing where all the survey results
came from in Montana
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For more information,
please contact one of the following:
Bob Oaks: nmcdc@montana.com or (406) 829-0873
Jerry Petasek: lsp@montana.com or (406) 829-8414
Sheila Rice: srice@nwmt.org or (406) 216-3504
