A Community Land Trust (CLT) is a non-profit, community-led organisation that owns and manages land for the benefit of the local community. CLTs help ensure that homes, green spaces, and other developments stay genuinely affordable and available to local people, not just now but for future generations too. They are set up and run by ordinary people who care about their area and want to make it better. The trust holds land “in trust” – meaning it’s protected from speculation – and any housing or development on it is done with long-term community benefit in mind, not private profit. In short, a CLT gives local people a powerful way to shape the future of their village, town, or neighbourhood.