Welcome to the
San Francisco
Community Land Trust

The San Francisco Community Land Trust (SFCLT) is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to create permanently affordable housing for low-to-moderate-income people through community ownership of the land. Guided by the principles of anti-displacement and racial justice, SFCLT stabilizes neighborhoods, and creates greater access to housing and homeownership opportunities with a focus on BIPOC communities previously excluded from access to wealth, and in particular, access to homeownership opportunities.

We achieve our mission by acquiring small apartment buildings and helping tenants form housing cooperatives through which they share ownership of the building, while SFCLT maintains ownership of the land to ensure permanent affordability.

News

News and Updates
Growing Impact Beyond Borders — SFCLT at the Grounded Solutions Network Conference 2025
Growing Impact Beyond Borders — SFCLT at the Grounded Solutions Network Conference 2025

This year’s Grounded Solutions Network Conference in Washington, D.C. brought together affordable housing practitioners, advocates, and policymakers from across the country, including a strong contingent of CLTs from California!

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Let's Get Loud for Affordable Housing—Your Voice Matters in Sacramento!
Let's Get Loud for Affordable Housing—Your Voice Matters in Sacramento!

The state is at a pivotal moment in addressing its housing crisis. With critical decisions being made in Sacramento, it's imperative that we, as advocates for affordable housing, raise our voices to ensure that the needs of our communities are met.

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Scaling Our Movement: Highlights from the Latest Bay Area Preservation Finance Table Meeting
Scaling Our Movement: Highlights from the Latest Bay Area Preservation Finance Table Meeting

Earlier this month, the Bay Area Preservation Finance Table (BAPFT) gathered for its sixth quarterly convening—one of our largest yet, with over 60 organizations represented. What began as a small circle has grown into a dynamic and diverse coalition of funders, Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs), banks, public agencies, research institutions, Community Land Trusts, and more, all united by a shared commitment to preserving affordability and expanding community ownership across the Bay Area and beyond.

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From Sacramento to the World – Celebrating CLTs and Advancing Our Movement
From Sacramento to the World – Celebrating CLTs and Advancing Our Movement

May 16 – World CLT Day – is a powerful reminder of the strength, solidarity, and spirit that drive the community land trust movement—both here in California and around the world.

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Celebrating Saki Bailey—One of the Bay Area’s Most Influential Women in Business!
Celebrating Saki Bailey—One of the Bay Area’s Most Influential Women in Business!

We’re thrilled to share some incredible news: Saki Bailey, Executive Director of the San Francisco Community Land Trust (SFCLT), has been named one of the San Francisco Business Times’ Most Influential Women in Bay Area Business for 2025!

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