The North Horsham Community Land Trust was formed on 8 January 2020 following an initiative started by North Horsham Parish Council.
Community Land Trusts enable the community to own the freehold interest in land/buildings in perpetuity and are not-for-profit organisations. Whilst they are principally used to build/acquire locally affordable homes for rent or shared ownership, Community Land Trusts can also own other community assets such as a hall, shop, pub or communal land. Income from rent/service charges meets the management cost and offer an opportunity for local communities to buy other community assets.
The key drivers for setting up a Community Land Trust tend to be a lack of locally affordable housing and to ensure local say and influence on rent policy, allocation policy and design. Typically, rent policy will be based on what people earn locally.
The Parish Council maintains a link to the NHCLT through an appointed link Councillor, Cllr Alan Britten, who attends the meetings and reports back to the Parish Council.
The Sussex Community Housing Hub service of Action in rural Sussex (AirS) is supporting the work of NHCLT. Our Community Led Housing Advisor is Graham Maunders, who can be contacted at graham.maunders@ruralsussex.org.uk.
The Sussex Community Housing Hub website contains lots of information about CLTs working across Sussex, best practice and key contact information: www.sussexcommunityhousinghub.org/
Action in rural Sussex (AirS) website can be found at:
To find out more about Community Land Trusts, click on the link below to visit the Community Land Trust Network website.
http://www.communitylandtrusts.org.uk/
Here are some links to local Community Land Trusts
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