Grounded Community Land Trust Advocacy

Working to make affordable housing a reality before The Great Australian Dream becomes an urban myth.

[Grounded Community Land Trust Advocacy @grounded_au]

After the fires, Lahaina refused to be displaced. They built the Lahaina Community Land Trust, a model of community-led recovery rooted in trust, aloha ʻāina (love for the land), and housing justice. #CommunityLandTrusts ➡️ https://t.co/JjQ1OFPW8f

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Tomorrow's #Census ensures Millennials locked out of home ownership end up making the widely quoted Census home ownership stat look better than it should. Why? It counts homes not people.

[Grounded Community Land Trust Advocacy @grounded_au]

“The worse it gets, the better the number looks,”
“If more voters knew that only half of adults own the home they live in, what would that do to the politics of housing?” https://t.co/i7a5mMUajT

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Our new research on home ownership being much lower than recognised has been bumped by @alankohlerfinance. Read the full detail on our blog #housingaffordability #auspol https://t.co/TYJg5lN5dD

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We didn’t run out of housing. We inflated land with policy.
$5.1T land uplift in a decade = a settings problem, not a mystery.
Grounded’s 2026 Pre Budget Submission: CLTs + tax reform + land banking + STR + algorithm oversight.
Read: https://t.co/naKMPJa7pw

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Victoria’s Budget must stop treating homes like a wheel of quick cash. Grounded’s submission argues for a system architecture for scalable affordability, money put into homes that stay affordable, not demand side payments that inflate prices.
Read here: https://t.co/no5RZwIa51

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Australia’s fertility rate is at a record low. Liz Allen links this to unaffordable housing couples delay/skip kids. First home buyers reach 12% of homes; prices: NSW 40%, VIC 20%, QLD/SA up to 80%. CLTs cut costs, keep families near schools/jobs. We need family friendly funding.

[Grounded Community Land Trust Advocacy @grounded_au]

We need tools to make affordability measurable and enforceable. ASIS would require developers to publish baseline+projected income:price & income:rent ratios, commit to staged delivery and flag delays - a land based system to lock in public value. Budget: https://t.co/no5RZwIa51

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The National AI Plan launched this week completely ignores the role of AI in further entrenching the advantages property investors have over society. We must protect our communities! Let's govern housing trading like we do sharemarket trading.

[Grounded Community Land Trust Advocacy @grounded_au]

The National AI Plan launched this week completely ignores the role of AI in further entrenching the advantages property investors have over society. We must protect our communities! Let's govern housing trading like we do sharemarket trading.

[Grounded Community Land Trust Advocacy @grounded_au]

Community Land Trusts are the stewardship vehicle we need to change the property fetish causing so much pain

[Grounded Community Land Trust Advocacy @grounded_au]

Market failure across the economy = the Australian charity sector is bigger than the construction sector (ACNC). But ATO rules block charities like ours from attaining tax deductible funding. That's why we are passionate about this campaign https://t.co/cpZqqfyS1O

[Grounded Community Land Trust Advocacy @grounded_au]

A Community Land Trust (CLTs) resident can save ⭐ $153,000 over 12 years ⭐ compared to the market.
✅ That’s money for education, health, and security—not lost to inflated mortgages and land speculation.
Ready for a better way? 🔗 https://t.co/CFLoJhX9MH #affordablehousing

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Australia privatised its land registries. Public maps became private tolls. Community Land Trusts can reset the map toward fairer cities.
Read here → https://t.co/cle9KYnBp7

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Our submission on Help to Buy is in. Biggest concerns? *Inflated prices *Hidden fiscal costs *No perpetual affordability 💡 Shared equity could work better. Tie it to Community Land Trusts → permanent affordability: https://t.co/7vp1wgSyiF https://t.co/65lSHQl4if

[Grounded Community Land Trust Advocacy @grounded_au]

“A CLT can say we want to shield this land to ensure that locals come first and from that we’ll be able to provide housing for the nurses and teachers and doctors who we need,” - Karl Fitzgerald #communitylandtrusts #housingjustice #affordablehousing @grounded_au

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The housing market isn’t “natural ”, it’s coded 🤖 google maps to rent-bots, algorithms are driving scarcity and rent hikes with cartel-like precision. But it doesn’t have to remain dystopian. Technology can be used for justice 👉 https://t.co/5NKWz4M451

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This #NAIDOC2025 🖤💛❤️ we’re reflecting on how Community Land Trusts (CLTs) can be part of restoring land justice and housing security on unceded Aboriginal lands. Read 🔗 https://t.co/LqW5IJwVFU
#NAIDOC2025 #LandBack #HousingJustice https://t.co/815tjvEb4R

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1 week to go!🏡 What if we owned the housing solution? Join the convo on CLTs, homes that stay affordable + communities in control. 🗓️ Wed 16 July, 6PM📍 Castlemaine or Livestream 🎟️ RSVP: https://t.co/GuwhvY34ud
#HousingJustice #CLTs #Castlemaine #Grounded