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that are leading people to look at the Community Land Trust. He responded to questions posed by the Commissioners and explained that Community Land Trust neighborhood restricts the price of sales, and as the neighborhood gets redeveloped, the prices do not skyrocket. Community Land Trusts work best when the choices are to rent, or to leave the community. Understanding the market is extremely important in making the decision to develop a Land Trust. He pointed out that the challenges facing Florida are the economic demands coming from outside of the State. He mentioned that St. Francis Manor is a Community Land Trust development. He gave an example of how the process works, and answered questions regarding maintenance, resale, and borrowing equity. 5.B. INCL USIONAR Y HO USING Gladys Schneider, Florida Housing Coalition, using a PowerPoint presentation (copy on file) presented inclusionary housing (zoning). She stated that the main thing the County has to do is show the public that "good" is actually "being harmed" by the lack of affordable housing to achieve inclusionary housing. She reviewed the decision-making process and how it works. She mentioned how important it is to provide some type of incentive to keep the community whole and the best way to do that is through density. She disclosed that the inclusionary policy would be the right policy in a robust real estate market, large-scale developments, and new urbanism developments. The Chairman called for a recess at 2:27 p.m. and reconvened the meeting at 2:39 p.m. with all members present. 5.C. EMPLOYER ASSISTED HOUSING Stan Fitterman spoke briefly about employer assisted housing in Pennsylvania, and Chicago. Overall, it is large employers working to keep their employees, offering a benefit other February 1, 2007 Affordable/Workforce Housing Public Workshop 3