Episode 05: Kavya Shankar, Trust Neighborhoods

What if a community land trust and a social impact fund got together and had a baby? Meet the Trust Neighborhoods (trustneighborhoods.com/) mixed income neighborhood trust (MINT) model. One of the limiting factors for community land trusts is their ability to raise capital - something which private funds often have in abundance. Learn about the innovative financing model behind Trust Neighborhoods’ MINT and how they help communities facing displacement raise funds to buy residential buildings that provide mixed income opportunities for housing affordability.
Trust Neighborhoods (trustneighborhoods.com/) was a 2022 (ivoryinnovations.org/ivory-pr...) and 2023 Ivory Prize for Housing Affordability Finalist in Finance (ivoryinnovations.org/2023-ivo...) .
Released in Partnership with the Builder's Daily
Kavya Shankar ( / kavyashankar ) is Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer at Trust Neighborhoods where she focuses on creating community-governed real estate in places where gentrification threatens displacement.
Jenna Louie ( / jennarlouie ) is the Chief Innovation and Strategy Officer at Ivory Innovations (ivoryinnovations.org/) , a nonprofit with the mission to catalyze innovation in housing affordability. Since 2018, the Ivory team has spoken with hundreds of innovators working on novel housing solutions - learn more at ivoryinnovations.org/database (ivoryinnovations.org/database) .