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The condos, some of which will be built on land [...]
From: Block Club Chicago

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In Logan Square, where rapidly rising housing costs threaten to [...]
From: Crain's Chicago Business

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Here to Stay staff was interviewed for an article in the Reader about our development on Cortland.
From: Chicago Reader

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In 2024, the State of Illinois convened the Illinois Community Land Trust Task Force to evaluate ways to support Community Land Trusts in Illinois.
From: Institute for Housing Studies

One way to combat rising home prices and allow those who dream of homeownership to fulfill their dream is through a Community Land Trust (CLT). In communities across the country, urban and rural, people are breaking away from the traditional home buying model by creating CLTs.
From: Chicago Community Loan Fund

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Sally Hamann and Anne Scheetz gave their homes to a community land trust to help lower-income neighbors buy homes in the gentrifying area. Families will move into the renovated homes this year.
From: Block Club Chicago

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Born of the Civil Rights Movement, community land trusts are working to preserve neighborhoods and create new homeowners, from New York to California.
From: New York Times

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LOGAN SQUARE — An effort hatched by community groups several years [...]
From: Block Club