2011 CLT Technical Manual

The National CLT Network is pleased to make this technical guide available to community land trust practitioners and those interested in organizing new community land trusts. The CLT Technical Manual is a work that has evolved during a quarter century when CLT experience itself was evolving rapidly. In its newly expanded form, the manual provides a comprehensive, practical guide for the ongoing operation of CLTs, as well as for future CLT start-ups. For CLT practitioners, the 2011 CLT Technical Manual serves to replace the 2002 ICE Legal Manual. 

CLT TECHNICAL MANUAL (ePub):  This is a draft version (without footnotes) that you can read on your iPad or any eReader program that can read ePub files.  You can read it on your PC/Mac with Adobe Digital Editions.

CLT TECHNICAL MANUAL (PDF): This combines all of the individual PDF files (from below), and includes the annotated table of contents, as well as all footnotes/endnotes.  Each chapter is paginated separately.

INDIVIDUAL CHAPTERS

• Preface
• Table of Contents (annotated)
• Chapter 1: Origins and Evolution of the CLT in the United States (from The CLT Reader)
• Chapter 2: Initial Choices
• Chapter 3: Incorporation and Basic Structural Considerations
• Chapter 4: CLT Bylaws Considerations
• Chapter 5A: Model Classic Bylaws
  
• Chapter 5B: Model Classic Bylaws Commentary
• Chapter 6: Tax-Exempt Status for Community Land Trusts
• Chapter 7: Launching Operations 
• Chapter 8: Implementing Restrictions on Ownership
• Chapter 9: Enforceability of the CLT’s Preemptive Right
• Chapter 10:  Legal Issues Regarding CLT Ownership 
• Chapter 11-A:  Model Ground Lease
• Chapter 11-B:  Ground Lease Commentary
• Chapter 12: Resale Formula Design
• Chapter 13: Establishing and Collecting Fees
• Chapter 14: CLTs and Condominiums
• Chapter 15-A: CLTs and Cooperatives (with model ground lease)
• Chapter 15-B: CLT-Coop Ground Lease Commentary
• Chapter 16: Nonresidential CLT Ground Leases
• Chapter 17: Property Tax Assessments
• Chapter 18: Project Planning and Pricing
• Chapter 19: Subsidy Structure
  
• Chapter 20: Financing CLT Homes
  
• Chapter 21: Marketing, Buyer Assistance, Buyer Selection
• Chapter 22: CLT Real Estate Transactions
• Chapter 23: CLT Post-Purchase Stewardship 
• Chapter 24: Planning for Sustainability
• Chapter 25: Dealing with Worst Cases
• Appendix A: Glossary of CLT-Related Terms
• Appendix B: CLT Definition from Housing and Community Development Act of 1992
• Appendix C: Sample Memorandum of Ground Lease
  
• Appendix D: Assignment of Purchase Option