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Assisting the community with affordable housing.

10/10/2026

Today is World Homeless Day. 🏡

3,321 people in the Greater Houston area are experiencing homelessness, according to the Coalition for the Homeless (CFTH) And that does not include those couch surfing or doubled up with friends and family.

Behind every one of those numbers is someone’s story. 💛

Getting our neighbors into homes, and addressing what keeps them out, is a fight that takes advocacy for the policies, funding, and affordable housing that make it possible.

That is what today is about, and it is what we fight for here at HCLT: a Houston where everyone has a place to call home.

Learn more about our work at the link in bio.

09/24/2026

Our 2026 scholarship recipients are settling into a new semester. 🎓

Back in June, HCLT awarded them scholarships to pursue degrees in social work, business, health administration and more, and we could not be prouder to see them in motion.

This year, we awarded 8 scholarships, including one to a mother and daughter both pursuing their education at the same time.

🏆 SHERROD-NEWPORT COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP AWARD

Amari Brown, Prairie View A&M University

Crystal Davis, Texas Woman's University (TWU)

Zedric Davis, Texas Southern University

Reshanda Williams, The University of Texas at Arlington

🏆 DR. JEFFREY S. LOWE ACADEMIC SCHOLARSHIP

Nila Williams, Texas Southern University

Brooklyn Curl, Texas Southern University

Kathena Collins, Texas Southern University

🏆 HCLT AWARD

Kaytlin Hernandez, Houston City College

Congratulations to all of you. Continue to make us proud.

09/17/2026

Who really benefits from growth? 🏙️

Our Executive Director, Ashley Allen, is joining the panel for “Cost Burdened in an Affordable City,” a national conversation happening during the CBCF Annual Legislative Conference in D.C.! 🎤

Housing. Water. Infrastructure. Connectivity. Jobs.

A city can be labeled “affordable,” but that word looks different once you add up everything a household is really paying. This conversation goes beyond housing to dig into the full cost of living, and what it takes to build stronger, more sustainable communities. 💪

Hosted by Council Member Carolyn Evans-Shabazz and Council Member Edward Pollard 👏

📍 Truluck’s, Washington, D.C.

📅 Friday, September 18, 1:00 to 3:00 PM

CBCF2026

09/15/2026

HCLT in Detroit! ✈️

Last week our Executive Director Ashley Allen was at The People’s Practice National Convening, connecting with practitioners across the country working toward anti-racist community development.

Congratulations to ThirdSpace Action Lab and The People’s Practice team for organizing an engaging and thought provoking 3 days!

Our Executive Director was recently featured in The People’s Practice Issue #11, writing on why housing should be treated as a human right, not a commodity. Link in bio to read. 📖

Detroit

08/22/2026

We are honored to share that Houston Community Land Trust has been selected as a semi-finalist for the 2026 Pinnacle Mickey Leland Public Leadership Award from the Greater Houston Black Chamber.

This award is named in honor of Congressman Mickey Leland, whose life reflected service, courage, and unwavering advocacy for the most vulnerable among us. It honors organizations doing the sustained work of building a more just Houston, work that often happens quietly but reaches far beyond the communities we serve.

This recognition belongs to our staff, our board, our community partners, and most importantly, the families who trust us to steward land and opportunity for generations to come.

Join us in celebrating throughout Pinnacle season, starting with the Pinnacle Kickoff Reception on August 31, 2026, and continuing to the 29th Annual Pinnacle Awards and Gala on November 14, 2026.

Congratulations to all of this year’s semi-finalists. We are proud to be in such good company.

Greater Houston Black Chamber

08/19/2026

We are still sitting with the conversations that happened in Atlanta this weekend.

If you are not familiar, the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) is one of the largest gatherings of Black journalists in the country. Our Executive Director, Dr. Ashley Allen, spent this past weekend there, taking part in two panels.

Both conversations came back to the same idea: a community’s story is not finished until a journalist takes the time to tell it right, with care and with the people who actually live it front and center.

One panel dug into how reporters cover gentrification responsibly. The other looked at what happens when historic Black neighborhoods suddenly become tourist destinations, and who controls that narrative.

Thank you to the moderators and panelists who brought honesty and depth to both conversations.

With NABJ27 headed to Houston next year, we cannot wait to have these journalists in our city.

08/14/2026

From Houston to Martha’s Vineyard.

Community land trusts look different in every place they take root, but the mission stays the same. Our executive director, Ashley Allen, met with Island Housing Trust CEO Philippe Jordi.

We’re proud to be part of a growing network of Community Land Trusts across the country, each doing this work in their own way, all rooted in the same belief.

Thank you, Philippe, for sharing the great work you and your team are doing on the Island.

08/11/2026

We are heading to NABJ this week!

The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) Convention and Career Fair 2026 brings together thousands of journalists, storytellers and media professionals for four days of learning, connection and conversation, this year in Atlanta, Georgia.

Our Executive Director, Dr Ashley Allen, is speaking on two panels.

🗓️ Friday, Aug. 14 | 10:30-11:30 a.m. ET
“Covering Housing Without Harm: How Journalists Can Report on Gentrification Responsibly”

Moderated by Nicole Jeanine Johnson, with panelists Donovan Duncan, Laurie Vignaud, and Dr. Allen, discussing accuracy, context and care for the people most affected by housing and displacement stories.

🗓️ Saturday, Aug. 15 | 3:00 p.m. ET
“Digital Nomads & Viral Destinations: Tourism and Historic Black Places”

With Alphonso Van Marsh, ✈️ Dayvee Sutton 🎥 , Nicole Ellis, Simone Cherí and Dr. Allen, exploring how tourism and social media are reshaping historic Black communities.

If you are in Atlanta for NABJ26, come sit in on these two important conversations.

08/05/2026

Texas CLTs are building something together.

Houston. Fort Worth. Austin. Three cities. Three organizations. One shared belief that permanent affordability is possible when the right people are in the room working toward it.

When CLTs across Texas come together to share ideas, learn from one another, and talk honestly about the work, everyone leaves stronger for it. That exchange is how the movement grows.

HCLT is proud to be part of a network that is doing exactly that.

The CLT network in Texas is growing. And we are just getting started.

Photos captured at this year’s TACDC Conference in Austin.

08/01/2026

Nothing like community accountability to get you moving.

Neighbors, homeowners and friends showed up for Cardio Yoga Abs and put in the work together, sweating it out with Coach Dale on cardio and abs, stretching it out with Ricky Broga on yoga, and staying motivated thanks to Facilitators Romell Horton and Candyce Babb.

Thank you to everyone who joined us & our vendors!

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PO Box 8056
Houston, TX
77288

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Monday	9am - 5pm
Tuesday	9am - 5pm
Wednesday	9am - 5pm
Thursday	9am - 5pm
Friday	9am - 5pm

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+17135125575

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https://linktr.ee/HCLT

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