Mission
Inland Equity Community Land Trust is a community land trust that develops and stewards affordable housing and other community assets in Riverside and San Bernardino counties. Inland Equity Community Land Trust's mission is to provide a permanent housing solution to inland residents who fall under HUD’s definition of “housing cost burdened.”
Vision
HUD defines severely cost-burdened families as those, “who pay more than 30% of their income for housing” and “may have difficulty affording necessities such as food, clothing, transportation, and medical care.” Severe rent burden is defined as paying more than 50 percent of one's income on rent. While our immediate aims are to house the precarious, Inland Equity Community Land Trust’s ultimate goal is to include residents who are not housing burdened in a mixed-income development model that maintains a commitment to affordability, diversity, high-quality architecture, energy conservation, and resident participation in managing the trust.
Inland Equity Community Land Trust prioritizes displaced members of the communities it serves, assisting historically marginalized people most vulnerable to housing threats. The New Deal, initiated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in response to the Great Depression of the 1930s, was a sweeping series of government programs aimed at economic recovery and social reform. While it succeeded in revitalizing the U.S. economy, its legacy is marked by deeply entrenched racial disparities. One significant aspect of this segregation was the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) and the Home Owners' Loan Corporation (HOLC), which developed redlining practices that systematically excluded communities of color from accessing mortgage loans and home ownership. Neighborhoods predominantly inhabited by Black residents were marked as high-risk areas, preventing residents from receiving the same prices when selling as white homeowners. This exclusion not only denied Black families the opportunity to build generational wealth but also reinforced racial segregation, creating long-lasting economic and social divides that continue to impact people of color today.
Inland equity Community Land Trust is working to address the current disparities in home ownership. The community land trust model offers affordable, quality housing for home ownership. Equity sharing reduces the cost to the homeowner and creates opportunities for historically marginalized people to invest in their futures, achieve home ownership, and ultimately build wealth. Inland Equity Community Land Trust is working to model a path toward economic equity, providing a foundation for long-term community prosperity.