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Across North Carolina, homeownership is growing increasingly out of reach for the core service workers who sustain our communities. Statewide the average home price increased from $141,000 in 1999 to $193,000 in 2005, causing civic leaders to be concerned about a crisis in "workforce housing." Even homes that were originally developed as "affordable housing," and subsidized with public funds, have in many cases appreciated beyond the reach of low and moderate income buyers.
Community Land Trusts create permanently affordable homes for low and moderate income buyers. Land Trust homeowners include school teachers, hospital workers, town employees, and working families who have been priced out of private market homeownership. Learn how some North Carolina communities are using Community Land Trusts to ensure that core service workers will have housing for generations.
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Durham Community Land Trustees: Created in 1987, the DCLT is a community-based nonprofit organization committed to providing permanently affordable housing for low to moderate-income people and promoting community revitalization in the Southwest Central neighborhoods of Durham.
Orange Community Housing and Land Trust: OCHLT was created in 2000 to develop permanently affordable housing for Orange County and the Town of Chapel Hill, NC. OCHLT both develops and markets housing, and since inception it has created 125 land trust homes in a rapidly escalating real estate market.
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NeighborWorks America: A national nonprofit organization created by Congress to provide financial support, technical assistance and training for community-based revitalization efforts. The network is comprised of more than 240 community-based organizations in 50 states. DCLT is a member of NW America. |
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North Carolina Community Development Initiative: a statewide public-private partnership that provides leadership and capital investment to high-performance community development corporations (CDCs) as well as other community based economic development endeavors, (i.e. social enterprises) to improve the well being and quality of life for people in low resource communities. |
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National CLT Network: The National Community Land Trust Network represents and promotes the interests of groups and individuals affiliated with community land trusts throughout North America. |
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Suntrust: SunTrust Banks, Inc. is one of the nation's largest commercial banking organizations with more than 1,600 branch locations and 2,700 ATMs in the southeastern U.S. |
Who Should Attend: Staff and directors of housing non-profits; City and County Housing, Planning and Community Development staff, and Elected Officials from cities and towns that are struggling with high housing prices.
Why Should You Attend:
- Learn the basics of the Community Land Trust (CLT) model from nationally recognized trainers.
- Find out how you can start a CLT program in your community.
- Visit successful CLTs in Durham and Orange Counties, and see their programs "up close."
- Hear how to “Make the Case for CLTs” by showing the benefits of this model to homebuyers, public officials, donors, and major funders in your community
- Learn about the CLT Ground Lease, resale formulas, and other technical aspects of the model.
- Learn about collaborations between CLTs and other non-profits such as Habitat for Humanity.
What it is: A two-day conference featuring two tracks of introductory and intermediate workshops. The event will provide networking opportunities for advocates of the Land Trust model, offer useful technical information to groups that are forming a Community Land Trust, and introduce the model to those who are not yet familiar the Community Land Trust concept. The conference will feature a bus tour that will spotlight the Orange Community and Durham Land Trust properties and projects.
When and Where: The conference will take place at the Friday Center in Chapel Hill, NC, on April 26 & 27, 2007 from 9 AM- 5 PM on Thursday and 9 AM - 2 PM on Friday with a reception on Thursday evening from 6 PM - 8 PM.
How Much: Registration fee is $75 before April 1, 2007 and $125 after April 1, 2007. If you are paying by check, please make it payable to Orange Community Housing and Land Trust and send to:
OCHLT
104 Jones Ferry Rd., Suite C
Carrboro, NC 27510
Registration is full for this event.
 
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