Shared Vision

Shared Vision

What is the CCCLT?

Concerned community members started CCCLT in 2011 when more and more low-income New Orleans residents--families that had lived here for many generations--were being priced out of the city, where institutional racism had already been practiced for multiple generations. CCCLT founders chose a community land trust (CLT) model because it would allow them to make homeownership permanently affordable.  

CCCLT expanded upon the traditional CLT model to include permanently affordable residential rental and commercial. People need and deserve affordable homeownership, opportunities to start and grow their own businesses in affordable commercial spaces, and live in and near areas of significant economic development and opportunity. 

Mission, Vision, and Values

Mission

We are a community land trust that ensures permanent affordability for generations through equitable residential and commercial development, community stewardship, and housing advocacy. 

Vision

A resident-led city where every New Orleanian can afford to live, work, and thrive in a community of their choice for generations to come.

Core Values

  • Undesigning the Red Line: We recognize the ongoing legacy of racism that has pervaded urban development and we are working intentionally to counter this multi-generational damage by fostering the creation of equitable and resilient communities.
  • Practicing Stewardship: We provide for the physical, social and financial health of our residents and the land and buildings they occupy. 
  • Advancing Community Self-Determination: We seek to be community-controlled, which means we are focused on, and accountable to, the people who are most vulnerable to displacement that have lived in New Orleans for generations (as defined further below). 
  • Collaborating Strategically: We recognize our interdependence and work together with a wide range of partners, including public agencies, financial institutions, advocacy organizations, and private and nonprofit developers to accomplish our mission. 
  • Thinking Forward: We are open-minded and always seek to innovate. We think and act long-term to foster equitable and livable communities. 

Strategic Plan

Our Staff

Gregory St. Etienne
A lifelong resident of New Orleans and part-time CCCLT Chief Strategist, Gregory St. Etienne is accomplished in the areas of banking, finance, management and strategic analysis. He has held executive positions in city government, wealth management and technology engineering firms with the bulk of career occurring in the banking industry. Throughout his career, he has served on numerous boards of nonprofit organizations in New Orleans. 

Gregory holds a master’s degree in business administration from Loyola University, and is a graduate of the Graduate School of Banking of the South at Louisiana State University. 
 
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Sharon Danjuma
As CCCLT's Stewardship and Education Manager, Sharon Danjuma is building capacity to provide permanently affordable spaces in neighborhoods that are close to work, school and opportunities. She has spent decades in the non-profit sector as an educator, artist and permanently affordable housing advocate. She earned her BFA from California College of the Arts and a MPAS with a minor in urban planning from USC.
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Our Board

Our Partners & Funders

Our Funders

Qualified Lenders

Neighborhood-Based Community Land Trust Partners

Neighborhood and Main Street Organizations

Real Estate & Business Development Partners

Policy, Research & Planning Partners

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