2025 Impact Report: Advancing Housing Justice Through Community Ownership

In a time of intensifying challenges, 2025 has been a year of growth and innovation for SFCLT. In our 2025 Impact Report, we’re proud to share these highlights with you.

This year marked two years convening the Bay Area Preservation Finance Table, a space that brings together partners from across the community ownership movement. 

Together, we identified opportunities, surfaced challenges and asked difficult but necessary questions, especially about how the private sector can support community ownership as public resources shrink. These conversations strengthened regional partnerships and helped chart a path toward long-term solutions. 

We launched our Capacity Catalyst pilot, providing more than 100 hours of technical assistance to Bay Area CLTs. This support helped advance 85 permanently affordable homes, saved organizations critical staff time, and delivered meaningful cost savings. This early success demonstrates how powerful regional collaboration can be in scaling community ownership. 

Here in San Francisco, we celebrated the 10-year anniversary of Pigeon Palace, a powerful reminder of how community ownership can nurture long-term stability, creativity, and connection for the people who make our city vibrant. That momentum continues: we are about to close on a property on 16th Street, securing homes for artists, teachers, and longtime residents. These achievements reflect how far we’ve come and the promising path ahead toward a more rooted, resilient San Francisco.

Our movement is needed now more than ever. Community Land Trusts don’t just preserve housing—they create belonging, and give people the stability to have agency over their lives and shape their neighborhoods. Thank you for your continued partnership and belief in this work.