Community First Land Trust
We are a non-profit organization that creates permanent affordable housing in North Charleston, SC and helps marginalized communities build generational wealth.
How It Works
Community Land Trusts use a dual-ownership model to create and maintain permanently affordable housing. Homeowners own their home and lease the land from the Community Land Trust at below-market value.
1. Land Trust acquires and develops homes
2. Qualified resident purchases affordable home
3. Homeowner can build equity over time
4. Homeowner sells to qualified resident at an affordable price
Areas We Serve
We are focused on historically significant neighborhoods settled by formerly enslaved people. These communities have suffered from a history of racial segregation and environmental injustices.
- Liberty Hill
In 1864 Paul and Harriet Trescott, “Free People of Color” owned 112 acres and sold the land to 4 “Freedmen”…
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- Union Heights
Union heights is one of the earliest predominantly African American communities from slavery time in Charleston County, SC, that still…
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- Chicora/Cherokee
Chicora Park was purchased by the Navy and the Charleston Naval Yard was established in 1901. The Shipyard boasted the…
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News & Publications
- Union Heights Community Reunion
The 2023 Union Heights Community Reunion planning committee is very pleased to announce the details of our 2023 reunion! We…
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- Now Available: LAMC Area Revitalization Plan
The Lowcountry Alliance for Model Communities created this revitalization plan to mitigate the impacts of port development in the North…
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