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Grounded Community Land Trust Advocacy @groundedclt.bsky.social · 2d

A Community Land Trust (CLTs) resident can save ⭐ $153,000 over 12 years ⭐ compared to the market.
✅ That’s money for education, health, and security—not lost to inflated mortgages and land speculation.
Ready for a better way? 🔗 sbee.link/nwr3g7mfdt #housing #affordablehousing

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Grounded Community Land Trust Advocacy @groundedclt.bsky.social · 5d

Australia privatised its land registries. Public maps became private tolls. Community Land Trusts can reset the map toward fairer cities.
Read here → grounded.org.au/the-map-was...

Grounded Community Land Trust Advocacy @groundedclt.bsky.social · 6d

Our submission on Help to Buy is in. Biggest concerns? *Inflated prices *Hidden fiscal costs *No perpetual affordability 💡 Shared equity could work better. Tie it to Community Land Trusts → permanent affordability, real public benefit: sbee.link/6phagtynb8 #HousingCrisis #HelpToBuy

Submission: Help to Buy Regulations 2025 - Grounded

Grounded has made a submission on the proposed Help to Buy regulations. While we welcome stronger consumer protections, the scheme risks inflating housing prices, obscuring real costs, and missing the chance to deliver permanent affordability.

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Grounded Community Land Trust Advocacy @groundedclt.bsky.social · 22d

“A CLT can say we want to shield this land to ensure that locals come first and from that we’ll be able to provide housing for the nurses and teachers and doctors who we need,” - Karl Fitzgerald #communitylandtrusts #housingjustice #affordablehousing

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Grounded Community Land Trust Advocacy @groundedclt.bsky.social · 29d

The housing market isn’t “natural ”, it’s coded 🤖 google maps to rent-bots, algorithms are driving scarcity and rent hikes with cartel-like precision. But it doesn’t have to remain dystopian. Technology can be used for justice 👉 karlfitzgerald.substack.com/p/the-code-i...

The Code is the Cartel

How software turned scarcity into strategy, and neighborhoods into numbers.

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Grounded Community Land Trust Advocacy @groundedclt.bsky.social · Sep 4

Airbnb and other short-stay rentals are draining supply from regional housing markets. Grounded’s Karl Fitzgerald says it’s time for a licensing system that caps growth and reinvests profits into long-term affordability through Community Land Trusts 👉 sbee.link/-custom-by-source-0-

Adelaide overtakes Sydney as the toughest market for first home buyers

Housing affordability remains around record lows, despite recent rate cuts, but it is not stopping an above-average number of first-time buyers from entering the market, according to a new report.

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Grounded Community Land Trust Advocacy @groundedclt.bsky.social · Aug 20

This isn’t about being anti-technology. It’s about choosing which algorithms shape our lives, and which ones don’t get to.

The algorithm is watching 👀 So are we!

Subscribe now: karlfitzgerald.substack.com

The Algorithm That Ate My Neighbourhood | Karl Fitzgerald | Substack

Dispatches on AI, Real Estate, and the Future of Belonging. A newsletter about Community Land Trusts, algorithmic speculation, and the fight to reclaim housing from code and capital. Click to read The...

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Grounded Community Land Trust Advocacy @groundedclt.bsky.social · Aug 20

Community Land Trusts do this 👉 grounded.org.au
They’re not just affordable, they’re insulated. They remove land from speculation. They hold it for people, not price points. They can’t be priced out by an app

Grounded Community Land Trusts

Help us make affordable housing via community land trusts a reality before The Australian Dream becomes an urban myth…

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Grounded Community Land Trust Advocacy @groundedclt.bsky.social · Aug 20

So what do we do?

We need to expose this logic, demand algorithmic transparency in real estate, and build structural alternatives that aren’t just cheaper, but untouchable by manipulation.

👉 grounded.org.au/Grounded-in-...

Download Grounded in Affordability Report - Grounded

Join us on Wednesday 2 April 2025 for the launch of our new report 'Grounded in Affordability: The Economic Case for Community Land Trusts'.

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Grounded Community Land Trust Advocacy @groundedclt.bsky.social · Aug 20

Your rent was set by a bot 🤖 Algorithms are already driving rents and speculation in housing, but policymakers are years behind. Read our new piece and subscribe to ⭐ The Algorithm That Ate My Neighbourhood ⭐ karlfitzgerald.substack.com/p/your-rent-... #proptech #housing

Your Rent Was Set by a Bot

Inside the AI-powered logic setting rents, optimising yields—and eating communities. Your postcode is now a probability curve, not a place.

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Grounded Community Land Trust Advocacy @groundedclt.bsky.social · Jul 10

Land belongs to community, not the market. This #NAIDOC2025 🖤💛❤️ we’re reflecting on how Community Land Trusts (CLTs) can be part of restoring land justice and housing security on unceded Aboriginal lands. Read 🔗 grounded.org.au/from-dispos...
#NAIDOC2025 #LandBack #HousingJustice

From Dispossession to Possibility: Why Land Belongs to Community - Grounded

This NAIDOC Week, as we honour the strength and survival of First Nations communities and celebrate The Next Generation: Strength, Vision & Legacy, let’s also imagine a housing future that begins with Country, not capital. One where land isn’t someth

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Grounded Community Land Trust Advocacy @groundedclt.bsky.social · Jul 8

1 week to go!🏡 What if we owned the housing solution? Join the convo on CLTs, homes that stay affordable + communities in control. 🗓️ Wed 16 July, 6PM📍 Castlemaine or Livestream 🎟️ RSVP: sbee.link/jdpe7vnbuq #HousingJustice #CLTs #Castlemaine #Grounded

Grounded Community Land Trust Advocacy @groundedclt.bsky.social · Jul 1

📣 EVENT ✨ What If We Owned the Housing Solution? ✨ WEDNESDAY 16 JULY 💚 Join us for a community conversation about how we can reclaim housing from a system that has failed us. From ‘me’ to ‘we’, it’s time to bring housing home REGISTER NOW: sbee.link/wptqbgcrnj
#housingjustice

EVENT: What if We Owned the Housing Solution! - Grounded

Join us for a community conversation about how we can reclaim housing from a system that has failed us.

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Grounded Community Land Trust Advocacy @groundedclt.bsky.social · Jun 18

Charities now employ more Australians than construction and manufacturing. If this doesn’t show how much the market system relies on patch-ups, what does? Read the full report
👉 sbee.link/da7vtmbqfw

#Charity #CharitySector #Australia #AusPol

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Grounded Community Land Trust Advocacy @groundedclt.bsky.social · Jun 17

🚨 48% of income now goes to mortgage repayments ⁉️ We are 60% over the housing stress benchmark
If any other system failed this badly, we’d overhaul it! It's time to✨decommodify housing✨and back real solutions like #CommunityLandTrusts 🏘️ JOIN US 👉https://sbee.link/bqpxnu63wd

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David Graeber Institute @davidgraeberinst.bsky.social · Jun 11

On 30th June, we host an event with Michael Hudson, Steve Keen and Hannah Appel.

They will discuss Debt, Empire and the future.

The event will be streamed live on our Youtube page. Come along!

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Michael Hudson in conversation with Steve Keen & Hannah Appel

Join DGI for a discussion on Debt, Empire, and the Future with Michael Hudson, Professor Steve Keen and Hannah Appel, from UCLA Luskin Institute on Inequality and Democracy. David Graeber insisted t...

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Grounded Community Land Trust Advocacy @groundedclt.bsky.social · Jun 9

At Grounded, we believe that land and housing should serve people, not profit. Community Land Trusts (CLTs) offer a real alternative 🏘️ Let’s build a future where communities - not speculators - own the land beneath their feet 🔗https://sbee.link/v6nq9bwret

Grounded Community Land Trust Advocacy @groundedclt.bsky.social · May 15

What exactly is World CLT Day? 🤔 #WorldCLTDay2025 aims to celebrate, promote, and amplify the global #CommunityLandTrust (CLT) movement. It is a chance to spotlight our diverse CLT community and celebrate affordable housing, land justice, and community empowerment 💚 worldcltday.org

World Habitat @worldhabitat.bsky.social · Apr 23

🏡 With so many struggling to find affordable housing is using land as a financial investment a good thing?

Many of our partners have overcome that challenge. Join us at a #WorldCLTDay2025 ‘Global Learning Session with World Habitat Award-Winning Community Land Trusts’ Read more 🔴 bit.ly/3Riroti

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Grounded Community Land Trust Advocacy @groundedclt.bsky.social · May 14

💚 Community land trusts (CLTs) anchor communities by nurturing well-being, stability, and belonging. 💚 Join the Australian Community Land Trust Network on #WorldCLTDay2025 this Friday 16 May for their webinar on 'Communities of Practice' 🔗 sbee.link/6apcvdwu8x

Grounded Community Land Trust Advocacy @groundedclt.bsky.social · May 13

💚 Senator Bernie Sanders is a long-time supporter of #communitylandtrusts (CLT) and shares this message to kick off World CLT Day Week! 🫶 Join us this week in celebrating 🥳 #WorldCLTDay2025 #BernieSanders 🔗 sbee.link/x8fwgyqnvr

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Grounded Community Land Trust Advocacy @groundedclt.bsky.social · May 13

Grounded Community Land Trust Advocacy @groundedclt.bsky.social · May 12

“The ultimate hidden truth of the world is that it is something we make and could just as easily make differently.” - David Graeber. Property Collectives article discusses the need for more community led, for-purpose housing 🔗 sbee.link/pdy8nu9grb

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Grounded Community Land Trust Advocacy @groundedclt.bsky.social · May 8

🎉 Celebrate #WorldCLTDay2025 celebrating Community Land Trusts (CLTs) with us on 16 May 🌱 CLTs are more than just housing—they're about cultivating vibrant, stable communities 🏘️ Want to know more 👉 Find out more worldcltday.org/

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Grounded Community Land Trust Advocacy @groundedclt.bsky.social · May 7

At Grounded we are elated to see a Dutton-free government 👏👏👏👏👏👏 ... however, our advocacy continues as we continue to pressure the ‘new’ ALP government in delivering on REAL affordable housing 🏘️ sbee.link/w8mkda4rq9

What is a CLT? - Grounded

What is a CLT? Community Land Trusts are a for-purpose development model focussed on key community needs. A CLT embeds perpetual affordability, sustainability and land stewardship into its core purpose. The CLT uses a carefully-calculated, capped res

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Grounded Community Land Trust Advocacy @groundedclt.bsky.social · May 7

🏡 Regional Vic needs more than empty promises! #CommunityLandTrusts = ✅ 60% lower deposits ✅ 39% lifetime savings, Communities NOT land bankers 🏘️ Let's flip the housing game - read the Grounded submission 🔗 sbee.link/3byt6rucge
#RegionalHousing #ForPurposeHousing

Grounded Submission: Regional Affordable Innovation in Victoria - Grounded

Submission: Inquiry into the supply of homes in regional Victoria We understand the Victorian government’s preference for township development, but we are concerned that this rewards land bankers sur...

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