Housing
As volunteer-led community-based organisations, you may think it would be all too common for local authorities to underestimate, or even be slightly wary of, Community Land Trusts (CLTs) operating in their area. They are not, after all, your typical go-to partner for the provision of affordable housing. But this is not so. A growing cohort of local authorities are making the bold and rewarding move of reaching out and supporting CLTs as a means of meeting their own strategic objectives.
Regardless of whether Scots vote ‘yes’ or ‘no’ in September’s referendum on independence, their country (and the UK) will never be the same again. The run-up to the vote has allowed Scotland to create a vision for the kind of society it would like to have, the social and economic policies it would like to introduce, and the type of governance needed to make them happen. It has been an opportunity to re-imagine their country, and, through that re-imagining, a new type of politics has emerged, one that comes from the grassroots, is inclusive and engaging.
