The Organization Behind
Permanent Ground.
Everground Community Land Trust was founded on a simple but radical premise: that the housing crisis is not a market failure that can be corrected by the market — it is a structural failure that requires a structural solution. Not a subsidy. Not a rental program. A permanent, legally enforced redesign of how land is owned, and by whom.
Alberta has never had a community land trust. The model has operated across North America for over fifty years — in 300+ organizations — demonstrating, repeatedly, that permanently affordable homeownership is achievable when land is removed from speculation and held in trust for the community.
Everground brings that model to Edmonton, to Treaty 6 Territory, and to the families who have been waiting a generation for a housing institution that serves them — not the market.
Everground is a federally incorporated non-profit organization with charitable registration in process. Our founding team brings experience in real estate development, community advocacy, legal structuring, and Indigenous relations. We are building an organization designed to outlast all of us.
Permanence
We build institutions and legal structures designed to outlast any single person, government, or market cycle. Permanence is not an aspiration — it is a legal commitment.
Precision
We operate with exacting standards in renovation, governance, legal structure, and financial management. The families who trust us deserve nothing less.
Relationship
We operate in genuine relationship with Indigenous communities, partner organizations, and the families we serve — not as a provider delivering services, but as a community institution.
Legacy
Every decision is made with generational vision. We are building something that will serve Alberta families for a hundred years. We carry that responsibility in every choice.
The People Building Everground
Josaphat Mukrokhame
An Edmonton-based entrepreneur and land strategist with a portfolio of operating companies across real estate development, advisory, construction, and workforce development. Josaphat founded Everground to create Alberta's first permanent, community-governed land trust.
Board Director
We are actively recruiting an Indigenous community leader with deep roots in the Edmonton Treaty 6 community to serve as a founding board member and guide our reconciliation commitments.
Legal & Governance Counsel
We are recruiting a housing or property lawyer experienced in CLT ground lease structures, Alberta Land Titles Act instruments, and not-for-profit legal architecture.
Founding Director at Large
We are building our tripartite board with community members who represent the Edmonton families and neighborhoods Everground will serve. Applications welcome.
Trades Operations Lead
We are recruiting an experienced Red Seal journeyperson or construction manager to lead Everground's renovation operations from the ground up — from first acquisition to portfolio scale.
Capital & Funding Director
We are seeking a professional with experience in CMHC programs, federal housing grants, and provincial capital streams to lead Everground's funding relationships and partnership development.