OUR MISSION
The Mountain View Community Land Trust (MVCLT), would like to present the members of the Leadership Council, who are members of the Mountain View Solidarity Fund (MVSF). This Leadership Council is made up of working class immigrant women, who have advocated for their community for the past 20 years and are graduates of the Mountain View Civic Leadership Academy. This Leadership Council will undertake the majority of the work as it will govern and direct the plans of Mountain View Community Land Trust.
MVCLT has a vision of bringing forth solutions that center stable, affordable, long term housing, where tenants are able to govern the property based on their own values of respect and collaboration.
MVCLTs mission is to acquire and preserve existing naturally affordable housing with the goal of preventing community displacement. We envision a future where the working class has housing that is dignified, safe, stable and under control long term by the community. This year, we hope to purchase our first property here in Mountain View, CA.
Our Community Land Trust
Start with a demonstration project by purchasing an existing multi-family property, likely in the mostly Latino neighborhood of Mountain View around Castro/Mistral Elementary School. We expect to:
Build off of our relationships and knowledge of the neighborhood from COVID relief through Fondo de Solidaridad, we have started canvassing and educating and organizing tenants
Identify a 8-30 unit building owned by a mom-and-pop landlord that is in decent condition/not distressed, but is at risk of being redeveloped and causing displacement
Purchase a building where tenants generally earn less than 50% of area median income, and will be given the opportunity to stay if they want (to prevent displacement)
Provide stable and affordable housing without fear of displacement, where:
Residents pay 30% of their income towards housing, regardless of whether their income rises (due to wage increases, or someone in the household starts working) or falls (due to job loss, illness, etc.)
Residents are not displaced because their income increases over time
Residents are not “owners” in a traditional private property sense, but feel ownership and responsibility over a community owned property where they have long-term stability
People earning less than 50% of area median income will be given priority for vacancies
Be governed and managed by working class Latina immigrants who deeply understand the challenges of the community and can make policies and decisions that truly the meet the needs of the community
Where we can partner with and/or contract for specific services or expertise we need
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