Community Assets
The DTA pledges to promote community ownership of land and buildings, and to help development trusts develop local assets.
- Community Asset Ownership: DTA's position statement Why the DTA thinks community assets are important.
- Asset Transfer Unit The Asset Transfer Unit helps to empower local people and organisations to transform land and buildings into vibrant community spaces whilst supporting development of a thriving third sector.
- Advancing Assets for Communities Find out more about the DTA-led Advancing Assets for Communities programme to support Local Authorities and their community partners to develop joint plans for community asset transfer
- Housing as a Community Asset With Community Land Trusts and other mechanisms there are opportunities to develop housing as a key community asset. Find out more about CLTs and how development trusts are already providing housing as an asset for their communities.
- Meanwhile Use Making temporary use of empty shops on the high street to the benefit of the local community
- Community Assets Case Studies Examples of development trusts that have successfully undertaken asset base development and asset transfer projects
- Community Assets: Additional Resources Useful resources from the DTA and other organisations on how to develop a community asset
