Thurston Housing Land Trust

Founded in 2018 by concerned community members who saw that homes were rapidly becoming unaffordable, Thurston Housing Land Trust is a nonprofit community land trust (CLT) providing permanently affordable homeownership opportunities for low- and moderate-income households in Thurston County. CLT homebuyers own their homes and become voting members of the trust, which retains ownership of the land under the buildings and is governed by its members. This arrangement makes the homes more affordable, and maintains that affordability for future generations of buyers.

Community is at the heart of our mission just as much as the brick and mortar work of preserving or creating homes. It's more than a slogan: we have moved strongly forward with an amazing group of volunteers and donors, allowing us to leverage our lean operation to take maximum advantage of housing funds available from public and private sources. We are working with other nonprofits to support access to affordable homeownership, developing partnerships with public agencies to explore their land inventories, and exploring construction changes that will speed the construction of starter homes in our region.

Our GiveLocal campaign last year gave us a real boost! Now, with one single-family Olympia home in portfolio, and six more condo conversion units nearing completion in Tumwater, we also have partial funding for two more units and are actively looking for appropriate property and/or existing homes. Having those projects in our pipeline is exciting, but we have outgrown our operating capacity. Your donation now will significantly support our operations and help us create more homes.

Thanks in advance for your support and encouragement. We are all building together!