Grounded Community Land Trust Advocacy
@groundedclt.bsky.social
Committed to making affordable housing a reality through Community Land Trusts before 'The Great Australian Dream' becomes an urban myth. #AffordableHousing #CommunityLandTrusts #Australia
https://grounded.org.au
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https://grounded.org.au
https://linktr.ee/grounded_clts
Vacant land shouldn’t be a tax haven for hoarders, it should house people. We can activate idle sites with time limited land tax relief that pays out only when tiny homes are delivered and occupied. Bees get tax breaks. Tiny homes should too. Read our plan → https://bit.ly/vbs26
January 13, 2026 at 9:50 PM
Vacant land shouldn’t be a tax haven for hoarders, it should house people. We can activate idle sites with time limited land tax relief that pays out only when tiny homes are delivered and occupied. Bees get tax breaks. Tiny homes should too. Read our plan → https://bit.ly/vbs26
ABS: Australia’s fertility rate is record low - unaffordable housing is forcing couples to forgo kids. First home buyers reach 12% of the market; prices: NSW 40%, VIC 20%, QLD/SA 80%. Include CLTs in a national fertility strategy that cut costs by 39% and keep homes near schools, jobs & transport.
January 11, 2026 at 1:05 AM
ABS: Australia’s fertility rate is record low - unaffordable housing is forcing couples to forgo kids. First home buyers reach 12% of the market; prices: NSW 40%, VIC 20%, QLD/SA 80%. Include CLTs in a national fertility strategy that cut costs by 39% and keep homes near schools, jobs & transport.
This Christmas, don’t just wish for affordable housing - find the pathway.
Our Resource Hub brings together the evidence and tools to act; in depth research; submissions to Help to Buy, Build to Rent; webinars and a suite of toolkits.
Host a community event to turn support into local organising.
Our Resource Hub brings together the evidence and tools to act; in depth research; submissions to Help to Buy, Build to Rent; webinars and a suite of toolkits.
Host a community event to turn support into local organising.
December 23, 2025 at 10:07 PM
This Christmas, don’t just wish for affordable housing - find the pathway.
Our Resource Hub brings together the evidence and tools to act; in depth research; submissions to Help to Buy, Build to Rent; webinars and a suite of toolkits.
Host a community event to turn support into local organising.
Our Resource Hub brings together the evidence and tools to act; in depth research; submissions to Help to Buy, Build to Rent; webinars and a suite of toolkits.
Host a community event to turn support into local organising.
The National AI Plan launched this week completely ignores the role of AI in further entrenching the advantages property investors have over society. We must protect our communities! Let's govern housing trading like we do sharemarket trading.
December 4, 2025 at 10:14 PM
The National AI Plan launched this week completely ignores the role of AI in further entrenching the advantages property investors have over society. We must protect our communities! Let's govern housing trading like we do sharemarket trading.
The National AI Plan launched this week completely ignores the role of AI in further entrenching the advantages property investors have over society. We must protect our communities! Let's govern housing trading like we do sharemarket trading.
December 4, 2025 at 9:53 PM
The National AI Plan launched this week completely ignores the role of AI in further entrenching the advantages property investors have over society. We must protect our communities! Let's govern housing trading like we do sharemarket trading.
Community Land Trusts are the stewardship vehicle we need to change the property fetish causing so much pain
November 13, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Community Land Trusts are the stewardship vehicle we need to change the property fetish causing so much pain
The extent of market failure across the economy is such that the Australian charity sector is bigger than the construction sector (ACNC Charities report 2025). But ATO rules block charities like ours from attaining tax deductible funding. That's why we are passionate about this campaign
Unlock DGR – Justice Connect
An incoherent DGR system is locking thousands of charities out of vital funding. Together, we can unlock opportunity, giving, and community impact.
sbee.link
November 10, 2025 at 11:06 PM
The extent of market failure across the economy is such that the Australian charity sector is bigger than the construction sector (ACNC Charities report 2025). But ATO rules block charities like ours from attaining tax deductible funding. That's why we are passionate about this campaign
Has the privatisation of property data created a material advantage for investors — an information asymmetry that looks a lot like insider trading?
It’s time regulators treated #housing data like the financial infrastructure it has become. Then we have a chance to protect our communities.
It’s time regulators treated #housing data like the financial infrastructure it has become. Then we have a chance to protect our communities.
Owning the Future Before it Arrives
How AI Turns Property Data into Insider Advantage
open.substack.com
November 6, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Has the privatisation of property data created a material advantage for investors — an information asymmetry that looks a lot like insider trading?
It’s time regulators treated #housing data like the financial infrastructure it has become. Then we have a chance to protect our communities.
It’s time regulators treated #housing data like the financial infrastructure it has become. Then we have a chance to protect our communities.
After the fires, Lahaina refused to be displaced. They built the Lahaina Community Land Trust, a model of community-led recovery rooted in trust, aloha ʻāina (love for the land), and housing justice. #CommunityLandTrusts ➡️ shelterforce.org/2025/10/08/h...
Harnessing the Shock of Disaster to Propel Change
Sometimes disasters open a space for bigger and faster positive change. In Lahaina, Hawai'i, after the devastating fires in 2023, community leaders built on preexisting relationships to approach housi...
shelterforce.org
October 23, 2025 at 5:40 AM
After the fires, Lahaina refused to be displaced. They built the Lahaina Community Land Trust, a model of community-led recovery rooted in trust, aloha ʻāina (love for the land), and housing justice. #CommunityLandTrusts ➡️ shelterforce.org/2025/10/08/h...
A Community Land Trust (CLTs) resident can save ⭐ $153,000 over 12 years ⭐ compared to the market.
✅ That’s money for education, health, and security—not lost to inflated mortgages and land speculation.
Ready for a better way? 🔗 sbee.link/nwr3g7mfdt #housing #affordablehousing
✅ That’s money for education, health, and security—not lost to inflated mortgages and land speculation.
Ready for a better way? 🔗 sbee.link/nwr3g7mfdt #housing #affordablehousing
October 6, 2025 at 5:55 AM
A Community Land Trust (CLTs) resident can save ⭐ $153,000 over 12 years ⭐ compared to the market.
✅ That’s money for education, health, and security—not lost to inflated mortgages and land speculation.
Ready for a better way? 🔗 sbee.link/nwr3g7mfdt #housing #affordablehousing
✅ That’s money for education, health, and security—not lost to inflated mortgages and land speculation.
Ready for a better way? 🔗 sbee.link/nwr3g7mfdt #housing #affordablehousing
Australia privatised its land registries. Public maps became private tolls. Community Land Trusts can reset the map toward fairer cities.
Read here → grounded.org.au/the-map-was...
Read here → grounded.org.au/the-map-was...
October 2, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Australia privatised its land registries. Public maps became private tolls. Community Land Trusts can reset the map toward fairer cities.
Read here → grounded.org.au/the-map-was...
Read here → grounded.org.au/the-map-was...
Our submission on Help to Buy is in. Biggest concerns? *Inflated prices *Hidden fiscal costs *No perpetual affordability 💡 Shared equity could work better. Tie it to Community Land Trusts → permanent affordability, real public benefit: sbee.link/6phagtynb8 #HousingCrisis #HelpToBuy
Submission: Help to Buy Regulations 2025 - Grounded
Grounded has made a submission on the proposed Help to Buy regulations. While we welcome stronger consumer protections, the scheme risks inflating housing prices, obscuring real costs, and missing the chance to deliver permanent affordability.
sbee.link
October 1, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Our submission on Help to Buy is in. Biggest concerns? *Inflated prices *Hidden fiscal costs *No perpetual affordability 💡 Shared equity could work better. Tie it to Community Land Trusts → permanent affordability, real public benefit: sbee.link/6phagtynb8 #HousingCrisis #HelpToBuy
“A CLT can say we want to shield this land to ensure that locals come first and from that we’ll be able to provide housing for the nurses and teachers and doctors who we need,” - Karl Fitzgerald #communitylandtrusts #housingjustice #affordablehousing
September 15, 2025 at 11:38 PM
“A CLT can say we want to shield this land to ensure that locals come first and from that we’ll be able to provide housing for the nurses and teachers and doctors who we need,” - Karl Fitzgerald #communitylandtrusts #housingjustice #affordablehousing
The housing market isn’t “natural ”, it’s coded 🤖 google maps to rent-bots, algorithms are driving scarcity and rent hikes with cartel-like precision. But it doesn’t have to remain dystopian. Technology can be used for justice 👉 karlfitzgerald.substack.com/p/the-code-i...
The Code is the Cartel
How software turned scarcity into strategy, and neighborhoods into numbers.
karlfitzgerald.substack.com
September 9, 2025 at 3:33 AM
The housing market isn’t “natural ”, it’s coded 🤖 google maps to rent-bots, algorithms are driving scarcity and rent hikes with cartel-like precision. But it doesn’t have to remain dystopian. Technology can be used for justice 👉 karlfitzgerald.substack.com/p/the-code-i...
Airbnb and other short-stay rentals are draining supply from regional housing markets. Grounded’s Karl Fitzgerald says it’s time for a licensing system that caps growth and reinvests profits into long-term affordability through Community Land Trusts 👉 sbee.link/-custom-by-source-0-
Adelaide overtakes Sydney as the toughest market for first home buyers
Housing affordability remains around record lows, despite recent rate cuts, but it is not stopping an above-average number of first-time buyers from entering the market, according to a new report.
sbee.link
September 4, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Airbnb and other short-stay rentals are draining supply from regional housing markets. Grounded’s Karl Fitzgerald says it’s time for a licensing system that caps growth and reinvests profits into long-term affordability through Community Land Trusts 👉 sbee.link/-custom-by-source-0-
This isn’t about being anti-technology. It’s about choosing which algorithms shape our lives, and which ones don’t get to.
The algorithm is watching 👀 So are we!
Subscribe now: karlfitzgerald.substack.com
The algorithm is watching 👀 So are we!
Subscribe now: karlfitzgerald.substack.com
The Algorithm That Ate My Neighbourhood | Karl Fitzgerald | Substack
Dispatches on AI, Real Estate, and the Future of Belonging. A newsletter about Community Land Trusts, algorithmic speculation, and the fight to reclaim housing from code and capital. Click to read The...
karlfitzgerald.substack.com
August 20, 2025 at 1:25 AM
This isn’t about being anti-technology. It’s about choosing which algorithms shape our lives, and which ones don’t get to.
The algorithm is watching 👀 So are we!
Subscribe now: karlfitzgerald.substack.com
The algorithm is watching 👀 So are we!
Subscribe now: karlfitzgerald.substack.com
Community Land Trusts do this 👉 grounded.org.au
They’re not just affordable, they’re insulated. They remove land from speculation. They hold it for people, not price points. They can’t be priced out by an app
They’re not just affordable, they’re insulated. They remove land from speculation. They hold it for people, not price points. They can’t be priced out by an app
Grounded Community Land Trusts
Help us make affordable housing via community land trusts a reality before The Australian Dream becomes an urban myth…
grounded.org.au
August 20, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Community Land Trusts do this 👉 grounded.org.au
They’re not just affordable, they’re insulated. They remove land from speculation. They hold it for people, not price points. They can’t be priced out by an app
They’re not just affordable, they’re insulated. They remove land from speculation. They hold it for people, not price points. They can’t be priced out by an app
So what do we do?
We need to expose this logic, demand algorithmic transparency in real estate, and build structural alternatives that aren’t just cheaper, but untouchable by manipulation.
👉 grounded.org.au/Grounded-in-...
We need to expose this logic, demand algorithmic transparency in real estate, and build structural alternatives that aren’t just cheaper, but untouchable by manipulation.
👉 grounded.org.au/Grounded-in-...
Download Grounded in Affordability Report - Grounded
Join us on Wednesday 2 April 2025 for the launch of our new report 'Grounded in Affordability: The Economic Case for Community Land Trusts'.
grounded.org.au
August 20, 2025 at 1:25 AM
So what do we do?
We need to expose this logic, demand algorithmic transparency in real estate, and build structural alternatives that aren’t just cheaper, but untouchable by manipulation.
👉 grounded.org.au/Grounded-in-...
We need to expose this logic, demand algorithmic transparency in real estate, and build structural alternatives that aren’t just cheaper, but untouchable by manipulation.
👉 grounded.org.au/Grounded-in-...
Your rent was set by a bot 🤖 Algorithms are already driving rents and speculation in housing, but policymakers are years behind. Read our new piece and subscribe to ⭐ The Algorithm That Ate My Neighbourhood ⭐ karlfitzgerald.substack.com/p/your-rent-... #proptech #housing
Your Rent Was Set by a Bot
Inside the AI-powered logic setting rents, optimising yields—and eating communities. Your postcode is now a probability curve, not a place.
karlfitzgerald.substack.com
August 20, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Your rent was set by a bot 🤖 Algorithms are already driving rents and speculation in housing, but policymakers are years behind. Read our new piece and subscribe to ⭐ The Algorithm That Ate My Neighbourhood ⭐ karlfitzgerald.substack.com/p/your-rent-... #proptech #housing
Land belongs to community, not the market. This #NAIDOC2025 🖤💛❤️ we’re reflecting on how Community Land Trusts (CLTs) can be part of restoring land justice and housing security on unceded Aboriginal lands. Read 🔗 grounded.org.au/from-dispos...
#NAIDOC2025 #LandBack #HousingJustice
#NAIDOC2025 #LandBack #HousingJustice
From Dispossession to Possibility: Why Land Belongs to Community - Grounded
This NAIDOC Week, as we honour the strength and survival of First Nations communities and celebrate The Next Generation: Strength, Vision & Legacy, let’s also imagine a housing future that begins with Country, not capital. One where land isn’t someth
sbee.link
July 10, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Land belongs to community, not the market. This #NAIDOC2025 🖤💛❤️ we’re reflecting on how Community Land Trusts (CLTs) can be part of restoring land justice and housing security on unceded Aboriginal lands. Read 🔗 grounded.org.au/from-dispos...
#NAIDOC2025 #LandBack #HousingJustice
#NAIDOC2025 #LandBack #HousingJustice
1 week to go!🏡 What if we owned the housing solution? Join the convo on CLTs, homes that stay affordable + communities in control. 🗓️ Wed 16 July, 6PM📍 Castlemaine or Livestream 🎟️ RSVP: sbee.link/jdpe7vnbuq #HousingJustice #CLTs #Castlemaine #Grounded
July 8, 2025 at 7:27 AM
1 week to go!🏡 What if we owned the housing solution? Join the convo on CLTs, homes that stay affordable + communities in control. 🗓️ Wed 16 July, 6PM📍 Castlemaine or Livestream 🎟️ RSVP: sbee.link/jdpe7vnbuq #HousingJustice #CLTs #Castlemaine #Grounded
📣 EVENT ✨ What If We Owned the Housing Solution? ✨ WEDNESDAY 16 JULY 💚 Join us for a community conversation about how we can reclaim housing from a system that has failed us. From ‘me’ to ‘we’, it’s time to bring housing home REGISTER NOW: sbee.link/wptqbgcrnj
#housingjustice
#housingjustice
EVENT: What if We Owned the Housing Solution! - Grounded
Join us for a community conversation about how we can reclaim housing from a system that has failed us.
sbee.link
July 1, 2025 at 12:25 AM
📣 EVENT ✨ What If We Owned the Housing Solution? ✨ WEDNESDAY 16 JULY 💚 Join us for a community conversation about how we can reclaim housing from a system that has failed us. From ‘me’ to ‘we’, it’s time to bring housing home REGISTER NOW: sbee.link/wptqbgcrnj
#housingjustice
#housingjustice
Charities now employ more Australians than construction and manufacturing. If this doesn’t show how much the market system relies on patch-ups, what does? Read the full report
👉 sbee.link/da7vtmbqfw
#Charity #CharitySector #Australia #AusPol
👉 sbee.link/da7vtmbqfw
#Charity #CharitySector #Australia #AusPol
June 18, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Charities now employ more Australians than construction and manufacturing. If this doesn’t show how much the market system relies on patch-ups, what does? Read the full report
👉 sbee.link/da7vtmbqfw
#Charity #CharitySector #Australia #AusPol
👉 sbee.link/da7vtmbqfw
#Charity #CharitySector #Australia #AusPol
🚨 48% of income now goes to mortgage repayments ⁉️ We are 60% over the housing stress benchmark
If any other system failed this badly, we’d overhaul it! It's time to✨decommodify housing✨and back real solutions like #CommunityLandTrusts 🏘️ JOIN US 👉https://sbee.link/bqpxnu63wd
If any other system failed this badly, we’d overhaul it! It's time to✨decommodify housing✨and back real solutions like #CommunityLandTrusts 🏘️ JOIN US 👉https://sbee.link/bqpxnu63wd
June 17, 2025 at 10:00 AM
🚨 48% of income now goes to mortgage repayments ⁉️ We are 60% over the housing stress benchmark
If any other system failed this badly, we’d overhaul it! It's time to✨decommodify housing✨and back real solutions like #CommunityLandTrusts 🏘️ JOIN US 👉https://sbee.link/bqpxnu63wd
If any other system failed this badly, we’d overhaul it! It's time to✨decommodify housing✨and back real solutions like #CommunityLandTrusts 🏘️ JOIN US 👉https://sbee.link/bqpxnu63wd