National Affordable Housing Policy Leader to speak on Sunday

John Emmeus Davis will lead a public forum addressing affordable housing, the Village of Yellow Springs, and the Community Land Trust model.

The Village of Yellow Springs and affordable housing nonprofit Yellow Springs Home, Inc. teamed up to bring John Emmeus Davis, a national expert in affordable housing policy, to Yellow Springs. On Sunday, June 6 Davis will lead a public forum at 7:00 p.m. to discuss affordable housing in the Village and Miami Township and the Community Land Trust (CLT) model. The forum will be held in the Glen Helen Ecology Institute Building, located at 405 Corry Street in Yellow Springs. This event is free and open to the public.

Davis is a partner and co-founder of Burlington Associates in Community Development, LLC, a national consulting cooperative specializing in the development of organizations, policies, and plans promoting permanently affordable, owner-occupied housing. He also taught courses in neighborhood planning and housing and community development at MIT and Tufts University. His latest book, The Community Land Trust Reader, came out on May 17 and features the writings of Arthur E. Morgan – Antioch College President, engineer, and social planner. The book also discusses the connections between the Village of Yellow Springs and the roots of the Community Land Trust movement.

According to Davis, “The planned communities created by Arthur Morgan in the 1930s helped inspire the modern-day CLT.” Yellow Springs Home, Inc. is a nonprofit whose mission is to strengthen community and diversity in Yellow Springs and Miami Township by providing permanently affordable and sustainable housing through the Community Land Trust model. Please contact Program Manager Emily Seibel for more information by email at emily@yshome.org or by phone at .