North Bay Area residents are facing a housing crisis. 

The times are Changing

Renters are unable to afford rent increases and homeowners fear foreclosure through economic uncertainty.

The cost of displacement

In the North Bay Area and beyond, people are forced to commute farther distances to their jobs and schools, adding more carbon to the atmosphere, straining public infrastructure and increasing cost of living.

The pursuit of Dignity

Housing is a basic human right.

Equity for all

Local lands can be de-commodified to provide homeownership for low-income, native and BIPOC residents.

Support community resilience.

Affordable Housing

CommonSpace partners with communities in Sonoma County to increase access to affordable housing.

1809 Cooper Road, Commonspace Community Land Trust (CSCLT) affordable housing program

Empower

We remove land from the speculative market in perpetuity, providing attainable access to land, quality housing, sustainable agriculture and woodland, cooperative communities and cottage industries.

Sustain

We develop practices that steward, preserve, protect and heal the natural environment – its land, air and water.

Inform

We provide information, resources, replicable models and expertise to the general public.

Curious about how it works?

Programs

The Self-Help Housing Program is a program funded by the U. S. […]
CommonSpace CLT (CSCLT) and other CLTs across the country are actively working […]
This pilot project serves as an example of the 1=3 concept, increasing […]

Projects

CommonSpace is very excited with the number of opportunities in Sonoma County […]
2023 CA CLT Network Conference
The CA Community Land Trust Network’s 2023 Conference took place in Oakland […]

Resources

Program chart, Center for Community Land Trust Innovation
The Center for Community Land Trust Innovation writes on all topics related […]
“A New Gramdan Movement” article by the Schumacher Center for a New […]
1809 Cooper Road, Commonspace Community Land Trust (CSCLT) affordable housing program
A Community Land Trust (CLT) is an entity, as opposed to a […]