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Corporate ownership of housing, particularly 1-to-4 unit properties, has been on the rise in the US over the past decade. This trend encompasses ownership by parties ranging from individual investors using a limited liability corporation (LLC) to major institutional investors. Corporate acquisition of housing picked… Read More »Corporate Ownership of Small Residential Properties
Increasingly, the people who make our communities run – our teachers, police officers, and facility workers – can no longer afford to live where they work. “Workforce housing” is an increasingly popular solution to this problem. What is it, and does it represent an equitable… Read More »Is Workforce Housing the Answer to America’s Affordable Housing Crisis?
With city dwellers facing ever-rising housing costs, there is rising interest in community land trusts (CLT) as a way to curtail rampant speculation in the property market and provide permanently affordable housing. Inspired by the garden cities movement and the ideas of Henry George, CLTs… Read More »Champlain Housing Trust: Affordable housing through community land ownership
