RUSS CLT
Our objectives
The Rural Urban Synthesis Society (RUSS) is a members-led Community Land Trust based in south London, founded in 2009 with the aim of creating sustainable community-led neighbourhoods and truly affordable homes right across London.
Our activities
We are have recently completed 36 mixed tenure homes at 12 Church Grove in Ladywell, Lewisham, on the same site as our Community Hub, which we built in 2019.
We also have a busy calendar of events led by our 1,000+ members and an ambitious development plan. Our mission is to reduce our communities’ dependence on fossil fuels, increase food security, encourage bio-diversity and provide affordable housing for Londoners. RUSS aims to establish a model development process for creating socially, economically and environmentally sustainable neighbourhoods of high-quality homes, managed by residents, which remain genuinely affordable for future generations and which can be replicated in Lewisham, London and across the UK.