New European Bauhaus Festival 2026: CLT Walking Tour & Networking
As part of the New European Bauhaus Festival 2026, we hosted a Satellite Event: a guided walking tour of several Community Land Trust Brussels projects in the Molenbeek neighbourhood, followed by a relaxed networking event with our members as well as external participants: researchers from TU Delft, representatives from the European Commission’s Affordable Housing Task Force, the German Sustainable Building Council, SOLIDAR and Social Economy Europe.
Key Highlights
Hearing directly from Community Land Trust Brussels residents during the walking tour of local CLT projects was a powerful reminder that community land trusts are about much more than housing. They are about people and communities reclaiming their right to land, securing affordable and stable homes, and building something lasting together.
Learning about the growing European CLT movement, which now brings together 18 member organisations across 10 countries and 25,500 homes in development.
Welcoming new members to the network, including Fondazione CLT - Terreno Comune (Italy), La Dinamo Fundació, Custòdia (Spain), and Cork Community Land Trust (Ireland)
Spotlighting innovative CLT and cooperative housing projects: Scroll below to test your CLT knowledge!
Geert De Pauw and Dali Malnoury (Community Land Trust Brussels) led the walking tour of Brussels CLT’s, grounding the participants in proven community-led housing projects before convening at Belmundo. We were warmly welcomed by residents along the way and lucky to hear their stories.
At L’Indépendance we we’re welcomed by one of the residents that openly shared her experience: “It is a little bit like back home in Africa here, we are like a big family helping each other.” ©ECLTN
L'Espoir. Affordable cohousing in the first social passive house standard building in Brussels. ©ECLTN
L’Ecluse. The first inhabited CLTB project.
Participants were warmly hosted in the community garden of L'Éspoir by residents. ©ECLTN
Keti Tskitishvili, Director of the European CLT Network kicked off the networking part of the event through a live quiz, introducing the organisations in the room:
Belgium: CLT Leuven, CLT Ghent,CLT Brussels
Spain: habitatge.social Barcelona, XES de Catalunya, habitatge.social Barcelona, FCHC / Habicoop, La Dinamo Fundació, Custòdia
Portugal: The Neighborhood Commission of Cova da Moura
Italy: Fondazione CLT - Terreno Comune
Germany: Stadtbodenstiftung Berlin
Ireland: Cork Community Land Trust, Self Organised Architecture
Scotland: South of Scotland Community Housing
The United Kingdom: Community Land Trust Network, London CLT
