06/06/2026
New Orleans’ housing crisis has deep roots — and it has been intensified by disasters, displacement, rising costs, and policies that made it harder for many families to stay. 🏠
We’re proud to be included in this strong article by Lauryn Hinton, a community-reporting fellow with , which explores the long history of displacement of Black residents in New Orleans, from redlining to today’s eviction crisis, and how community land trusts can help keep housing permanently affordable.
The article helps make the community land trust model easy to understand. Through ‘swork with renters, Hinton explains the core idea behind permanent affordability: when the land is separated from the building, housing can remain affordable over time.
That same CLT model also supports affordable homeownership — the work PH+ is advancing in New Orleans. Jane Place and PH+ are the city’s two community land trusts, and both are part of a growing movement to keep housing affordable for the long term.
As PH+ CEO Oji Alexander says in the article:
“Community land trusts are an effective tool in a city like ours, mainly because people are spending so much on rent. To be able to provide an ownership stake in a neighborhood that you want to live in, in a brand new house that is energy efficient, that is storm resistant — these are all things that we have to think about.”
Read the full article at the 🔗 in bio.
