Today, the Maggie Walker Community Land Trust (MWCLT) broke ground in Church Hill on the first home in Richmond designed to remain affordable in perpetuity....
Archive for month: June 2017
A ‘Game Changer’ for Homeowners
The Maggie Walker Community Land Trust breaks ground on the first of four houses in Church Hill. Church Hill resident and homeowner Freda Bolling says...
Editorial: An innovative approach to affordable housing takes root in Richmond 14 hrs ago
A community land trust doesn’t sound particularly exciting, but it will have far more lasting consequences for the Richmond area than the latest flap over...
New housing model lands in Church Hill
A new-to-Richmond approach to facilitating homeownership while adding to the city’s housing stock is beginning to take shape in North Church Hill. The nonprofit Maggie...
Property in Richmond’s Church Hill becomes site for area’s first community land trust for workforce housing
Richmond’s Church Hill neighborhood is home base for the area’s first Maggie Walker Community Land Trust house for workforce housing. “The purpose of a land...