THE DOUGLASS COMMUNITY LAND TRUST (DOUGLASS CLT) IS A NONPROFIT MEMBERSHIP ORGANIZATION CENTERED AROUND RACIAL AND ECONOMIC EQUITY THAT WAS CREATED TO PREVENT DISPLACEMENT OF CURRENT AND FUTURE RESIDENTS, CREATE COMMUNITY-HELD ASSETS, AND BUILD ASSETS FOR INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES, WHILE ENSURING DECISION-MAKING RESIDES WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. FUNDAMENTALLY DOUGLASS CLT AIMS TO MAKE DC AN EQUITABLE PLACE WHERE EVERYONE CAN STAY AND THRIVE - AND SPECIFICALLY LOW-INCOME, BLACK AND BROWN RESIDENTS WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO MAKING DC THE THRIVING COMMUNITY IT HAS BECOME, BUT HAVE NOT BENEFITTED FROM THE ECONOMIC PROSPERITY IN NEARLY THE SAME PROPORTION AS THEIR WHITE COUNTERPARTS. DOUGLASS CLT DRIVES TOWARD THIS EQUITY BY SECURING LASTING AFFORDABILITY OF RENTAL AND OWNERSHIP HOUSING, AS WELL AS LOCAL SMALL BUSINESS, THROUGH COMMUNITY OWNERSHIP OF LAND AND COLLECTIVE STEWARDSHIP.
