Archive for category: 2017
Groundbreaking today for first house in the Maggie Walker Community Land Trust
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....
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...
A look at the Maggie Walker Community Land Trust
The land trust, a nonprofit created in November, would acquire properties from the city and in turn would enter into a 99-year lease with property...
Richmond could turn to land trust to help create affordable housing
With a growing number of real estate tax delinquencies in Richmond, the city could soon turn to a new nonprofit organization to help convert the...