This crisis demands more than incremental solutions—it requires a fundamental reimagining of housing as a community resource, not a speculative asset.

Today, with the federal government making drastic cuts to the Department of Housing and Urban Development that are sure to deepen our housing crisis, we’re calling on funders to join us and keep housing affordable – and in the community’s hands.

Community land trusts are becoming increasingly popular in Oregon, one in a patchwork of partial solutions to a deepening housing-affordability crisis.

Even prior to this week’s announcement, Govenor Ferguson’s proposed cuts have drawn sharp criticism in the legislative arena.

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