Fund criteria

The Community Land Trust Fund supports Community Land Trust projects which:

• Are in England or Wales
• Are at least 50% housing
• Meet the legal definition of a Community Land Trust:

The official definition of a Community Land Trust, as found in the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008, Part 2, Chapter 1, Clause 79:

A Community Land Trust is a corporate body which:

1) is established for the express purpose of furthering the social, economic and environmental interests of a local community by acquiring and managing land and other assets in order:

• to provide a benefit to the local community
• to ensure that the assets are not sold or developed except in a manner which the trust’s members think benefits the local community

2) is established under arrangements which are expressly designed to ensure that:

• any profits from its activities will be used to benefit the local community (otherwise than by being paid directly to members)
• individuals who live or work in the specified area have the opportunity to become members of the trust (whether or not others can also become members)
• the members of a trust control it.