Scenarios about 'community land trusts'
Community land trusts are non-profit organizations that acquire and hold land in perpetuity for community benefit, typically separating land ownership from building ownership to ensure long-term affordability. Originating in the civil rights movement of the 1960s, they represent an alternative approach to traditional property ownership that addresses gentrification and displacement. In alternate history scenarios, community land trusts often feature as solutions to housing crises or as foundational elements in societies with different economic systems.
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