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materials from the Institute for Community Economics on Community Land
Trusts (they're based in Springfield, MA), John Emmeus Davis' book
Contested Ground, and Balancing Acts, a report I co-authored with Sarah
Hovde on Mutual Housing Associations and Community Land Trusts, available
from Community Service Society, Publications Department, 105 E. 22nd St.
NY, NY 10010.  Neighborhood Reinvestment Corp. in Boston also has a bunch
of stuff.

There's doubtless plenty more, but I've only just had my first cup of
coffee.  My impression is, however, that there isn't a ton one can do
(short of pulling  off some high-profile muggings!) to keep displacement-
minded landlords' grubby hands off poor peoples' homes once they've got
their eyes on a neighborhood.  And whatever one can do may be shaped by
local laws and political coalitions.  Good luck!

John Krinsky

[ed:  I second the land trust idea.  I have seen a couple of cases now
where the land trust idea has been used to resist gentrification pressures.
 Just got back from a trip to Syracuse, where I got to meet folks
associated with the ENACT (Eastside Neighborhood Arts, Culture, and
Technology)project, particularly Eastside Neighbors in Partnership.  Both
ENACT and ENIP practice the land trust strategy where the land is held by
the development corporation so even if the building is sold the land is
still under community control.  This was also the strategy practiced in the
Cedar-Riverside neighborhood in Minneapolis that my book Defending
Community talks about. ]