Community Co-Ownership Initiative

The Community Co-Ownership Initiative (CCOI) education and training series is starting its fourth year and we’re excited! Workshops in 2022 have focused on the needs of NCLT residents and partners. Some of our offerings have included:

CLT Homeowners and Estate Planning – Do you own a Community Land Trust home in California? Join us to discuss the impact of the ground lease on leaving property to heirs, as well as other end of life decisions – with goal of keeping you and your loved ones out of court and out of conflict. Similar workshop for CLT coop owners and renters coming soon!
Thursday, March 31, 7-8:30pm

“What’s Up With Community Land Trusts?” Workshop – Ever heard of a Community Land Trust (CLT)? Wondering about ways to disrupt displacement and gentrification in your community? Looking to join a movement that is transforming housing in the Bay Area (and across the country)? If you answered “yes” to any of the previous questions, this workshop is for you! Hosted by EBPREC as part of the Better Neighborhoods Program and presented by NCLT.
Thu, Aug. 18, 6:30-8:30pm at the BNSN Resource Center

For more information CLICK HERE!

Mold – Causes, Sources and what to do – Mold is a common reality, especially in the Bay Area. The key is to identify the source of moisture and address the source to reduce it as much as possible. There are structural building solutions and there are personal solutions – this workshop will focus on what you can do personally to mitigate mold in your home. All NCLT residents are welcome! Our experts and presenters from Alameda County Healthy Homes will be Soni Johnson and David Lee Crosby.

Thursday, December 1, 6-7pm
Workshop video (English) – https://www.youtu.be/l2uug76wi6Q
Video del taller (Spanish) – https://www.youtu.be/CfHZjKAXonk

2021 Workshops:

Fair Housing for Collective Housing – Best practices in navigating the complex world of fair housing while staying true to your community’s unique identity.
Saturday, January 23, 10:30am-1pm
Workshop video: https://youtu.be/YnQliGzhDmE

Wellness Recovery Action Plan – An evidence-based practice used worldwide by people dealing with mental or general health challenges and by those who want to attain the highest possible levels of wellness
Saturday, February, 10:30am-1pm
Workshop video: https://youtu.be/hkeADwjWVs8

SB91 Housing Assistance // Asistencia para la vivienda de SB 91 – Housing assistance coming out of Senate Bill (SB) 91. Starting on or after March 15, 2021, the state of California and other localities will start accepting applications for housing assistance. //Asistencia para la vivienda que surge del Proyecto de Ley del Senado (SB) 91. A partir o después del 15 de marzo de 2021, el estado de California y otras localidades comenzarán a aceptar solicitudes de asistencia para la vivienda.
Saturday, March 6, 10:30am-1pm
Workshop recording: https://youtu.be/NlmK-jklMQY

Acquisition & Rehab (Part 2) // Adquisición y Rehabilitación (Parte 2) – Nuts and bolts of purchasing and rehabbing existing housing, with focus on subsidies, rehab and conversion from rental to coop // Proceso de compra y rehabilitación de viviendas existentes – Habrá interpretación y materiales en español.
Saturday, April 17, 10:30am-1pm
Workshop recording: https://youtu.be/X7kZF1OGCME

CLT Boards 101 – How to establish boards for new CLTs and do ongoing board development // /Establecimiento de juntas para nuevos CLT y desarrollo
Saturday, May 29, 10:30am-12:30pm.
Workshop recording: https://youtu.be/W8_pLDuevTw

Environmental Justice and Practice – This 2-part series (indoor environment, outdoor environment) will focus on how climate change and pollution affect us at home, and practices and programs to build more resilient and sustainable housing communities.

Indoor Environment
Saturday, October 9, 10:30am-12:30pm
Workshop video: https://youtu.be/oAJFkGd6V18

Outdoor Environment
Saturday, November 6, 10:30am-1:00pm
Workshop video: https://youtu.be/MLa3pDJpgfc

2020 Workshops:

History of Collective Land and Housing: Cooperatives and Community Land Trusts
Saturday, April 25, 2020 | 10:30am – 1pm
Workshop video: https://youtu.be/A7dBT8ZCr6M

Financing and Budgeting: Resources and How to Create More
Saturday, June 27, 2020 | 10:30am – 1pm
Workshop video (due to technical issues, it starts later in presentation): https://youtu.be/87DT3A2b70c

Conflict Reconciliation: Sustainable Practices for Life Together
Saturday, August 15 2020 | 10:30am – 1pm
Workshop video: https://youtu.be/uDQBgbLiidM

Budgeting & Maintenance – Planning ahead and thinking collectively about your maintenance needs.
Saturday, October 17, 10:30am-1pm
Workshop video: https://youtu.be/Oy7z7FHZavk

Conflict De-escalation – Practicing and developing processes to bring down the heat.
Saturday, November 14, 10:30am-1pm
Workshop video: https://youtu.be/Ig2q1w2CWUg

Acquisition & Rehab (Part 1) – Nuts and bolts of purchasing and rehabbing existing housing
Saturday, December 12, 10:30am-1pm
Workshop video: https://youtu.be/8IegAVBQJkI

Prospective Residents Interested in Starting a Co-Ownership Project: We are only doing partnerships with resident groups through partners and as we have capacity – you can email Sarah at [email protected] Please check out past trainings and content at the website below and stay tuned for any future offerings!

https://learn.nclt.org/ – (No need to log-in; tabs for resources are on the top left)

Past training topics have included:

1. Overview of Community Land Trusts and Cooperatives History
2. Overview of Models for Cooperative Development & Resident Ownership
3. Creating a Life Together: Collective Vision, Group Process and Decision-Making for Co-Ownership
4. Cooperative Governance 101
5. Property Search & Site Assessment
6. Financing Options, Budgeting and Feasibility Analysis

The Community Co-Ownership Initiative is a partnership that was started between the Northern California Land Trust and the People of Color Sustainable Housing Network (POCSHN), along with other members of the Bay Area CLT Consortium (BACCLT) to diversify and expand access to shared ownership and resident controlled housing through leadership training, development of new financing tools, and technical support. The partnership leverages the technical expertise and stewardship knowledge of NCLT with the broad reach and engagement of POCSHN’s diverse grassroots membership. NCLT is currently working with a few key partners, and may be able to work with additional groups as time and capacity permits.

As POCSHN’s fiscal sponsor, we are partnering to build joint organizational capacity, cultivate prospective and existing cooperative resident groups, and establish new sites for permanently affordable housing across the Bay Area.

Key Focus Areas:

Training / Leadership Development: Education and training is at the heart of our program. By training community members at risk of displacement in the basics of site assessment, group decision making, leadership skills and financial analysis we are able to broaden the range of economically feasible co-ownership projects and make better use of scarce resources while providing valuable skills.

Identification and Acquisition of Opportunity Sites: by working with prospective resident groups trained in initial site assessment, decision making, and technical assistance we will focus on sites that residents identify as priorities for the use of development funds.

Innovative Financing: A key part of NCLT’s ground work has been the development of the Small Sites Acquisition Model which leverages local subsidy funds for small sites (Berkeley and the MTC’s NOAH fund) with conventional bank / CDFI financing, and finally the development of the East Bay Permanent Real Estate Cooperative with the Sustainable Economies Law Center and POCSHN which is structured to allow community members to directly invest in the development of resident-controlled affordable housing in their community.

Stewardship: Finally, once a project is developed and owned by residents the NCLT provides long-term stewardship, support and guarantees that the community investment in affordability will assist generations of future residents. POCSHN envisions creating a network of resources that fosters long term community support for the governance, maintenance, and sustainability of co-ownership projects. The end product is permanently affordable resident-controlled ownership housing for existing and emerging resident groups. At the end of development cycle the land is retained by the CLT (Community Land Trust) and the CLT stewards the project long-term to ensure permanent affordability and viability of the property.