Fighting gentrification through affordable housing. |
Since 2011, REDCLT has secured affordable housing for the Lake Worth community at our two cooperatively owned houses: The Bambooty and The Passionvine. The Bambooty is a collective residence for community organizers that has housed over fifty residents since its founding, primarily LGBTQ+ and working class people. We believe in low-income housing, which means a commitment to matching resident contributions to their incomes, not to the value of the property in the rapidly gentrifying private real estate market.
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REDCLT’s sanctuary initiative promotes an intersectional vision of immigrant justice by centering the needs of the most vulnerable survivors of our nation’s broken immigration and criminal justice systems. The Passionvine house works in partnership with immigrant solidarity groups in south Florida to secure the release of LGBTQ+ migrant detainees, and offers free housing, material support, and advocacy tailored to their specific needs.
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Offering sanctuary housing and support to LGBTQ+ migrant detainees.
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Providing infrastructure for social justice movements. |
REDCLT offers space for a wide range of social justice initiatives in partnership with groups organizing around homelessness, prisons and policing, immigrant solidarity, racial justice, LGBTQ+ rights, environmental protection, and more. Land trust houses host cooking for Food Not Bombs, LGBTQ+ prisoner letter-writing nights with Black and Pink, workshops on direct action organizing, banner and art-making meetings for protests, and countless other activities that advance movements for social change. |
Both of our houses pursue ecological sustainability through organic gardening, composting, rainwater collection, and cultivating local plant species. The Passionvine house includes over an acre of native edible and medicinal plant species in our urban farm and orchard, tended by volunteers, providing nutritional support to dozens of residents and local community members while helping to preserve local species and traditional knowledges.
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Promoting sustainable agriculture and food justice through urban farming.
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