1. Community Land Trust in Brussels

2. Brussels
Capital of Belgium, capital of Europe
residents

3. Housing crisis
- 60 % tenants
social houses (7,7% of the park)
- More than ¼ under poverty line
- By 2020: demografical boom ( new residents)
- Housing prices more than doubled in 10 years
families waiting for a social house
- Housing plan: 5000 new social dwellings

5. Origins of CLT movement in Brussels
Actions against housing crisis
Solidarity saving groups
L’espoir
Looking for new homeownership models
Looking for new ways to the right to housing and right to the city

6. Steps to a CLT in Brussels
2008: Conference on housing cooperatives in France
2009: Visit to Burlington
2009: Introduction of the CLT model in Belgium
2010: Charter for CLT in Brussels
2011: Création of CLT Platform
2011: Feasability study for regional gouvernement
2012: Subsidies for the creation of a CLT
2013: First property

7. Building a CLT-movement

9. Why is there so many interest in CLT’s?
Housing crisis
Thread of gentrification
Lack of effective answer from the classical housing organisations
Political goodwill and funding for new affordable housing
Receptive for innovation
Available tools for promoting homeownership: cheap loans,…
Neighbourghbood contrats: free acces to land
Broad support from local groups and families in housing need
Partnerships with devellopement partners

10. Organisational structure
1 central CLT for Brussels
Support from the Regional Gouvernment
Double structure:
Non profit organisation
1/3 owners
1/3 regional authority
1/3 community
Foundation

11. Community involvement
in close collaboration with existing housing organisations, local organisations and grassroots movements
Membership through saving fund  saving group
Participation of futur houseowners and neighbours in design and planning of houses

13. The first operations Vandenpeereboom Molenbeek
32 units and community space on empty plot
Saving group
Builder: Social housing coorporation
“Neighbourhood Contract”

14. The first operations Verheyden Anderlecht
Renovation of empty parish center (church)
7 apartments and community space
Community garden

15. Outside Brussels Flandres: first experiment in the city of Ghent
Wallonie: Platform