"In their contributions, the authors touch on a wide range of topics, including the need to connect land justice with broader struggles for liberation, the role foundations and faith-based institutions (like the Roman Catholic Church) can play to leverage their own assets to contain speculation, how community-based institutions like cooperatives and community land trusts can help align land uses with human values, the value of member education and leadership development, and the need to push back against mainstream models of individual land ownership."
"The overall vision that emerges from these essays is hopeful. But the authors also make clear the need to rethink the role of housing and land in a healthy society. Land, in short, must be thought of as a common resource that serves all of humanity rather than a set of parcels to be bought and sold."
Land justice requires restoring land as a source of life, culture, and power for historically dispossessed communities and reframing land as a common resource rather than mere private property. Achieving justice demands shifting economic incentives away from speculation, leveraging assets of foundations and faith institutions to contain market pressures, and expanding community-based ownership models such as cooperatives and community land trusts. Member education and leadership development strengthen community stewardship and sustain long-term governance. Policies and investments should center reparative practices, Indigenous sovereignty, collective stewardship, and housing solutions that prioritize people over profitable land transactions.
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