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County housing chief outlines $30M CLT plan, seeks BLM land and federal funds

Doña Ana County Board of County Commissioners · March 24, 2026
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Summary

Do—na Ana County's new housing department presented a five-year plan and a Community Land Trust proposal estimated to serve about 800 households, asking the board to use $30 million plus pursue another $30 million from state and federal programs.

Do—na Ana County's newly formed housing department presented its inaugural operational strategy on March 24 and outlined plans to develop a Community Land Trust (CLT) to create permanently affordable housing.

"We are anchoring our work in humane housing," said Dil Andrade, the housing presenter, describing a five-year operational plan and a cross-departmental Housing Strategic Task Force the department will convene to implement the board's affordable-housing priorities.

The CLT project described by staff is intended to create an estimated 800 permanently affordable homes with accompanying commercial and service uses—grocery, child care and neighborhood services—on roughly 350 acres the…

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