Land Justice | Degrowth policies

Land shouldn’t be a commodity to speculate on—it’s a shared resource for living, growing food, and building communities.

Policy Objective 1 - Ensuring ethical, sustainable, and equitable land use

Land shouldn’t be a commodity to speculate on—it’s a shared resource for living, growing food, and building communities.

Remember: Policy instruments are the means by which governments can achieve the degrowth goals/objectives we urgently need!

💡 Translation: Housing is a human right, not an investment opportunity.

🏛 Introduce progressive property taxes to prevent hoarding and speculation.

🏚 Enforce rent caps, limits to private property, and quotas on floor area per capita.

🏘 Put vacant buildings and land into community land trusts.

💡 Translation: Cities should prioritise people and food, not just buildings and businesses.

🌱 Ensure land for urban agriculture, community gardens, and food forests.

🏡 Convert underutilised public land into spaces for community-led ecological projects.

💡 Translation: Reverse historical land injustices and give land back to those who need it.

🌍 Redistribute land to indigenous communities and those displaced by urban development.

🏞 End land grabs and ensure equitable land access for all.

💥 Land should serve people, not be hoarded for profit.