Archive for August 2020

Affordable homes for locals, Communities can do it for themselves, Ruan Minor shows the way. Cornwall’s premier community-led charitable housing trust – Cornwall Community Land Trust – praised the community of Ruan Minor this week as they lead Cornwall’s communities into a new era of projects which provide genuine affordable homes for locals forever. Six affordable homes…

Have the economic consequences of the Covid pandemic helpfully (or unhelpfully) reset the dial for those with the greatest unmet housing needs? Many expected the anticipated economic downturn could result in a housing market slump which could potentially generate a perverse improved opportunity to meet unmet housing need. However, as autumn approaches there appear to…

Save the Date: Wednesday 21st October 2020. Community-led Housing Seminar. Following the success of our seminar on Community-led Homes held in Lanivet in February, at which we heard from no less than 15 different speakers, we are holding a follow-up event in the autumn.  Due to continuing restrictions on holding large public meetings, this will…

The first Annual Review of Cornwall CLT’s Construction Standards has been completed.  New Board Member and local Architect Nigel Stock tells us more. It’s hard to believe that twelve months have passed since Cornwall CLT published the first version of its Charter of Construction Standards. While much has happened in that time, the pressing issues…

As part of an initiative to encourage CLH Hubs around the country to communicate what they are doing during the difficult period of lockdown, Community-led Homes organised a small video competition amongst Hubs.  We were delighted (and somewhat surprised!) to win jointly with our colleagues from Brighton and Hove CLT and received a much appreciated…

CCLT is delighted to welcome our newest Board member, Kate Tricker. She’s been a tenant in one of CCLT’s homes at Blunts near Saltash for nearly 8 years. She lives there with her husband Simon and sons Mawgan (6) and Jacob (9). CCLT homes are for locals who would struggle to afford a home in…