POCSHN was founded in February of 2015 as a Meetup Group – hosting events, trainings, and field visits to cohousing, cooperative & farm sites that are led and owned by people of color in the Bay Area.
People of Color Sustainable Housing Network
CCOI
NCLT began its partnership with People of Color Sustainable Housing Network in 2017 with the Community Co-Ownership Initiative, a partnership between NCLT and POCSHN intended 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 leveraged the technical expertise and stewardship knowledge of NCLT with the broad reach and engagement of POCSHN’s diverse grassroots membership.
The People of Color Sustainable Housing Network (POCSHN) is a resource network for people of color building intentional, healthy, collective, and affordable housing communities in the Bay Area and beyond, committed to creating an entire ecosystem of POC-centered co-housing, cooperative housing, and intentional communities that are ecologically, emotionally, spiritually, and culturally regenerative spaces. NCLT is the fiscal sponsor of POCSHN.
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POCSHN is fiscally sponsored by the Northern California Land Trust (NCLT), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, so all donations are tax-deductible. As a primarily volunteer-led organization, almost all of our donations go directly to program-related expenses like workshops, legal preparations, and facilities fees. Please support this work in whatever way you can.