Scottish Land Fund

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The Scottish Land Fund (SLF) was founded in 2000, as a part of land reform in Scotland. Its goal is to help communities buy their land from their landlords.

The SLF was capitalized by the UK Lottery-founded New Opportunities Fund. The initial fund was 10,000,000 GBP and this was later increased to 15,000,000 GBP.

By June 2005, the SLF had assisted roughly 200 communities. [1]

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References

  1. Bryden, John; Geisler, Charles (2007). "Community-based land reform: Lessons from Scotland". Land Use Policy. 24: 24. doi:10.1016/j.landusepol.2005.09.004.