Rewiring Europe's housing system for community agency and permanent affordability.
We are a coalition of community land trusts, housing cooperatives and allied organisations working with European institutions to make community-led housing a normal part of the housing system — not an exception at its fringes.
"The question should not be: how can we help communities circumvent the system at the fringes? It should be: how can we rewire the system so that community agency becomes a normal part of the process, community ownership a normal outcome?"
Permanent affordability
Models that limit speculative price increases so housing remains accessible to future residents — through shared equity, capped resale, long-term land leases and cooperative ownership.
Community stewardship
Residents and local stakeholders shape, own and manage the housing. CLTs and cooperatives respond to local needs and contribute to neighbourhood cohesion.
European scale
Members operate in cities and regions from Lille and Manresa to Zurich, Vienna, Amsterdam, Brussels, Dublin and across Croatia, Italy and Flanders.
Informing the European Affordable Housing Act.
In February 2026 the Alliance met with the European Commission's Housing Task Force. Members were invited to provide additional evidence to feed into the reflections and drafting of the European Affordable Housing Act.
Our Q&A document organises the diverse local experience of community land trusts and cooperative housing providers across Europe into five themes: technical and regulatory barriers, financing bottlenecks, existing solutions, renovation and latent stock, and access to land.
Browse the full Q&A