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Community Foundation outlines land-trust and pilot workforce housing in Roberts
Summary
The Community Foundation described converting Habitat for Humanity land into a permanent land trust to keep resale prices below market and outlined a near-term pilot of three rental units for Roberts school employees and three owner-occupied units expected in 2026.
The Community Foundation told Carbon County commissioners on Tuesday that it has absorbed assets from the local Habitat for Humanity program and moved to a permanent land-trust model to preserve long-term housing affordability. The foundation’s representative (Speaker 6) said the trust separates land from houses so resale prices stay below market.
That model is already being applied to a house returned to the foundation’s inventory after a buyer failed to meet contract terms; staff plan to rehab…
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