Community Land Trust may help with housing
So, the long-awaited Borough Local Plan has been approved by RBWM, and many sites included around the borough will be developed whether we like it or not.
Lots of local residents have told us that they wouldn’t mind some development if it produced homes that are truly affordable to local people.
We can all see that people are struggling to get somewhere they can afford to live even on decent average incomes.
It can’t be healthy for society when doctors, teachers, and other professionals (not to mention those on below average incomes) are struggling to live in the borough and homelessness is an ever-present threat to more people.
Community Land Trusts are taking up the challenge to help communities help themselves, creating a solution which is proving to be successful elsewhere in the country and that we can adopt here and now in RBWM.
At Windsor Ascot and Maidenhead Community Land Trust (WAMCLT) we believe every suitable local development site and town and village should have some community led, permanently and truly affordable, environmentally sustainable homes, available to local people.
See our website for just a few of the many inspiring examples of successful community land trust projects around the country which show how it can be done.
We are working towards our first project, which will be a sustainable community in terms of the people and the planet. We envisage a self build/finish scheme suitable for those on below average incomes who could not otherwise afford a home of their own.
If you support responsible growth in a sustainable way for our local area, where local people can get an affordable decent home in a cared for neighbourhood – please support us.
Help us to make this a reality by becoming part of this successful growing movement.
We would like as many people to join us as possible. Join via our website or sign up to our newsletter – www.wamclt.org.
Whether you think you need a home from us in the future or not.
Your involvement will help to make this vision possible. We also welcome developers and other organisations to support us as partners. We would love you join us!