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Community Land Ownership: Land Trusts and Collective Acquisition

How community land trusts hold land permanently affordable, how residents buy neighborhood property together, and how to tell a real community structure from a branding exercise.

Intermediate
50 min3 lessons6-question testAll courses

Sections

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Section 1

How a community land trust works

A community land trust is a nonprofit that buys and permanently holds land. The buildings on that land are sold to households, who own their home and lease the land underneath thro Join free to read, listen, and test.

Section 2

Buying property together

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Neighborhood groups acquire property through several vehicles: a nonprofit, an LLC with member-owners, a limited equity housing cooperative, or a real estate investment club. Each Join free to read, listen, and test.

Section 3

Telling a real structure from a branding exercise

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Ask who sits on the board and who appoints them. If residents cannot outvote the developer, the word 'community' is marketing. Join free to read, listen, and test.

Course test

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