Our Mission
The Binghampton Community Land Trust (BCLT) is a community-based non-profit corporation committed to the revitalization and empowerment of the Binghampton neighborhood in Memphis, Tennessee. Created in 2018, BCLT was formed in response to the consensus of Binghampton community residents that the crucial need for affordable housing in the neighborhood was not being met.
BCLT’s mission is to:
(1) create a pool of affordably priced owner-occupied homes in the Binghampton neighborhood for low to moderate income families
(2) utilize the community land trust strategy to keep these homes affordable forever; and
(3) prevent the unwanted market-driven displacement of limited-income families from this neighborhood.
“Our dream of a community land trust is much bigger than just land itself. It is the promise of all of us caring for each other and nurturing Shalom in the neighborhood. It is the hope that everyone - no matter where we are from - can join in and call this little corner of Memphis home.”
- Magaly Cruz, Neighbor and Organizer
