Chapter 21 - From Pressure Group to Government Partner The Story of the Brussels Community Land Trust - Geert De Pauw and Nele Aernouts (Read by Nele Aernouts and Line Algoed)
In 2013, the first community land trust in Europe was established by grassroots housing activists in Brussels with financial support from their regional government. Geert De Pauw, an organizer and coordinator of the Brussels CLT, and Nele Aernouts, a researcher and teacher at the Vrije Universiteit, describe the process of starting this urban CLT and completing its early projects. Discussed, too, are the CLT’s prospects and plans for future growth.