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More Information about 
Community land Trusts 
Community land trusts (CL Ts) have been around for less than 50 years, 
although their roots are much older. Precursors to the modern-day CLT 
can be found in the Garden Cities of England, the Gramdan Movement 
of India, and the moshav communities of Israel, as well as in many of 
the single tax colonies and planned, leased-land communities created in 
the United States in the first half of the twentieth century. 
The nonprofit organization generally credited with being the first CL T, 
New Communities, Inc., was founded in southwest Georgia in 1969, a 
product of the Southern Civil Rights Movement. A decade later, only a 
handful of CL Ts were operational in the United States, all of them in 
rural areas. The first urban CLT did not appear until 1980. Another 20 
years passed before the number, variety, and dispersion of CL Ts had 
reached the point where it was fair to speak of a CL T "movement." 
Today, there are over 260 CL Ts in 46 states, the District of Columbia, 
and Puerto Rico. The model has begun spreading to other countries as 
well, including Australia, Belgium, Canada, England, and France. 
For more information, we recommend this page at our CLT network 
partner, Grounded Solutions: 
Groundedsolutions.orglstrengthening-neighborhoodslcommunity-land­
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