Democratizing Land Access and Ownership

Saturday, June 7th, 10:15 AM to 11:30 AM
Room 346
Undefined

Affordable access to land is a key component of economic justice. Control over resources empowers communities, and ownership enables the building and recycling of wealth. In this workshop, we explore how shared equity models of ownership for land and buildings can spread the benefits of land access and ownership more broadly and equitably. Participants will hear from practitioners who have harnessed these models effectively to rebuild and stabilize urban areas, empower residents of mobile home parks, and protect small family farms producing for their region.

Collaborative live notes: https://commonbound.hackpad.com/Democratizing-Land-Access-and-Ownership-...

Speakers: 

David Abromowitz

Center for American Progress

David Abromowitz  is a senior fellow at American Progress, focusing on housing policy and related federal and state programs and issues.

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Mary O'Hara

Resident Owned Communities USA

Mary O’Hara is currently the Director of ROC USA® Network, a national network of non-profit, certified technical assistance providers serving homeowners of for-sale manufactured home communities (a.k.a “mobile home parks”) who wish to purchase their communities. The Network provides technical expertise, access to dedicated financing and on-going training and support to resident-owned communities. Ms.

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Harry Smith

Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative

Harry Smith started working at DSNI in 2011 and is the Director of Sustainable and Economic Development as well as the Director of Dudley Neighbors, Inc. His favorite location on The Dudley Village Campus is El Paraiso Restaurant. Harry’s favorite DSNI memory is the 2013 Dudley Neighbors Inc.

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Rebecca Fletcher

Rebecca Fletcher is a Project Manager with Equity Trust, a small
Massachusetts-based nonprofit working nationally on equitable forms of
land ownership, and developing economic relationships based on justice and
environmental sustainability. For the past 20 years, a focus of Equity
Trust’s work has been farm protection projects that include protecting
food production, the farmhouse, and the farm’s affordability for farmers.

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