Session materials from “Mobilizing Housing Development For Youth Aging Out of Foster Care” presented by Donna Coulter at NASCO Institute 2024. During this session, Higher Ground Abodes described its efforts to develop housing with people extremely low-income Detroiters aging out of foster care who need housing, financial, and life support. The model combines community land trust (CLT) and group equity cooperative living to provide shared housing within the youth's financial reach. The presenter will outline the CLT's plans for co-managing its properties with occupants (also known as "Partners") and supporting Partner's efforts to matriculate in life. Partners gain a single CLT share, enabling them to have a private bedroom, vote in property management decisions, and monetary share of savings based on operating efficiencies.
