Our Mission
Fighting Structural Racism.
Building Community.
Whether it’s a gentrifying market with skyrocketing rents or an economic crash, too many Boston residents are at risk of losing their housing. In cities like ours, this continues to hit communities of color hardest. Boston Neighborhood Community Land Trust’s role is to keep homes in the hands and control of the community, and to directly address the racial inequities so devastating to our neighborhoods.
Alma Chislom, a BNCLT resident and board member, once faced the possibility of losing her home before it was purchased by BNCLT. Instead of imagining herself homeless, now the community land trust offers a legacy she can pass on to her children and grandchildren. “We’re already like a community,” Chislom says. “We can help each other. We can build each other up. We can reach out to other people.”
According to Connie Chavez of Sawmill Land Trust, CLTs are “the most socially responsible way to deliver affordable housing and develop communities that have been disinvested.”
Our Mission
Statement
Boston Neighborhood Community Land Trust works to combat displacement and racial injustice by creating permanently affordable, community-controlled housing in the Boston area, with a specific geographic focus on Roxbury, Dorchester, and Mattapan.
BNCLT builds neighborhood stability, housing equity, and community strength among low- and moderate-income residents most at risk of displacement; and through the collective strength of partners working toward a shared, equitable, and just future.