Community land trusts - re-engineering the feudal system

Hill, S

Community land trusts - re-engineering the feudal system - 2002 - Axis July-August 2002, 10(1) .

Examines Britain's unique system that allows the multiple enjoyment of diverse rights over the same piece of land, through leasehold and freehold tenures, rights in common land and common rights. Explains how Community land trusts retain the freehold for the benefit of the community and lease out the land and buildings to the occupier, and are rooted in the feudal system of land ownership.


COMMUNITY LAND TRUSTS
CLTS
FEUDAL SYSTEM
LEASEHOLD
FREEHOLD