Evanston has an affordability problem – community land trusts can help

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From Duncan Agnew / Evanston RoundTable: Through a land trust, Community Partners in Affordable Housing sells homes to buyers at a fixed cost while maintaining ownership of the land they’re built on, allowing those who wouldn’t otherwise be able to afford market-rate housing to become homeowners. Some of the homes are even built by high school students enrolled in a local Geometry in Construction program.

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