A Timeline of Our Progress

The Atlanta Land Trust was created to ensure long-term housing affordability in Atlanta. Since then, we’ve partnered with city leaders, developers, and planners to secure and preserve affordable housing for local residents.

Amanda Rhein hired as new Executive Director

August 2018

The Kendeda Fund provided multi-year $1,000,000 grant

December 2017

Legal name changed to Atlanta Land Trust, Inc.

November 2017

Enterprise Community Partners and Wells Fargo provided $108,000 grant to support Transit Oriented Development of donated property located in Oakland City

May 2016

Engaged Burlington Associates to prepared comprehensive 36-month Business Plan (finalized in May 2016)

Enterprise Community Partners donated property located in Oakland City for development into CLT units

October 2015

Received $100,000 from Ford Foundation to support strategic work

February 2015

Engaged Burlington Associates to assist with a Strategic Board Retreat – as a result, the ALTC Board of Directors outlined the necessary steps to move forward in detail as a framework

Engaged Burlington Associates to interact with Atlanta BeltLine Inc. and provide input for Integrated Housing Action Plan

December 2014

Christopher Norman elected as Board President

October 2014

ALTC Board of Directors began the transformation by seeking and securing funding to support the required work at hand, holding Officer and Board Member elections, and seeking out key partnerships to support the work

August-December 2014

The Organizational Assessment was compiled and reviewed with the ALTC Board of Directors

January 2014

ALTC Board of Directors engaged the services of Housing Consultant Julie Brunner to conduct an Organizational Assessment

September 2013

Executed deed restriction agreements for the first 3 units in the ALT portfolio located in the Lofts at Reynoldstown Crossing

2012

Tony Pickett hired as first Executive Director

October 2010

First board meeting; Valarie Wilson elected as Board President

January 2010

The Atlanta CLT Collaborative, Inc. dba Atlanta Land Trust Collaborative (ALTC) incorporated, with funding from Home Depot, United Way, and NCB capital

December 2009

CLT Development Committee met throughout 2009 and developed the framework for creating CLTs in Atlanta

2009

BLP, AHAND (now Georgia ACT) and Atlanta Civic Site convened CLT Development Committee in September, facilitated by John Davis

September 2008

BLP engaged leading national expert John Davis of Burlington Associates to meet with Atlanta housing and community leaders and assist with CLT development in Atlanta

September 2007

Atlanta Beltline Partnership (BLP) began exploration of CLTs as a tool to mitigate economic displacement in advance of Beltline development

January 2007
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Learn how the Atlanta Land Trust creates permanently affordable homes and how you can become a homeowner. Discover how the community land trust (CLT) model works, how it differs from traditional homeownership, and how to begin the buying process.

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Future homeowners and community members who want to learn about ALT are welcome.