Get Involved

Excited about CLTs and ready to do more? Great news! There are many ways to engage with the Somerville Community Land Trust. Please reach out to Andrés Bueno, Community Engagement Manager, at a.bueno@somervillecommunitylandtrust.org, to plug in.

Become a Member!

Click here to become a member and join the SCLT community! Membership is free and only requires you to be a Somerville resident. Make your voice heard in the organization’s leadership by voting and running for the Board of Directors scheduled for December 18, 2025. There will be three open seats for our Somerville Resident Representatives and three open seats for Public Interest Representatives (community leaders, representatives from local nonprofits and businesses).

Participate in Rooted in Somerville

A partnership between Community Action Agency of Somerville and Somerville Community Land Trust

Rooted In Somerville is a 12-month pilot fundraising campaign led by volunteers and driven by neighbors who believe housing is a human right. We reach out directly to buyers and sellers of Somerville real estate and invite them to give back to the community that makes Somerville a vibrant place to be.

Tax deductible donation, split evenly between Community Action Agency of Somerville (CAAS) and Somerville CLT supports two organizations doing complementary work: CAAS organizes tenants, fights displacement, and connects families to the services they need. SCLT builds permanently affordable homes for working families that are community controlled and shielded from speculation. In this way, we reach vulnerable neighbors facing displacement in critical moments and support their housing stability long-term housing.

It works. When 12 Pleasant Avenue in Prospect Hill, Somerville was posted for sale on Zillow without prior notice, 6 families faced the real possibility of losing their homes. CAAS supported tenants as they organized to resist displacement which created an opportunity for SCLT to purchase the building. Together we turned a housing crisis into a success story: everyone stayed, rents were stabilized, and the building will be renovated so residents may purchase their homes at affordable prices and lay roots in Somerville. That's what your donation makes possible.

Click here for a brief, downloadable summary of this project.

Interested in joining?

• Join Somerville CLT and CAAS will organize social meet-ups at rotating locations where our communities come together to connect and prepare mailers that will be sent out. Sign up to our newsletter to receive notices about these meet-ups

• Want to support behind the scenes? We are seeking volunteers to help identify and coordinate meet-up spaces and to help research buyer and seller addresses. Contact Andrés Bueno at a.bueno@somervillecommunitylandtrust.org or at 857-523-9778 and we are happy to get your onboarded!

Join a Committee!

Volunteer committees help run events, review grant proposals, provide guidance for real estate opportunities to develop affordable housing, and more! Click below to learn more and join a committee.