Community Land Trusts have helped local people take control of land and develop housing solutions in rural areas across the UK. Now for the first time this model is being used to help tackle London’s dysfunctional housing market, as Kate MacTiernan explainsA revolution is taking place in Mile End in the east end of London that offers a way out of the housing crisis. It is the UK’s first urban Community Land Trust. It’s a revolutionary idea and a practical realisation of the new attitude to housing, community and ownership of land for those that live in London and yet can barely afford to do so.