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• In expensive resort communities, where CLTs can provide housing for the <br />community's workers. <br />Benefits: <br />Issues: <br />Provides permanent stock of affordable & workforce housing <br />Lowers housing cost <br />Provides some return of equity <br />Provides for deduction of mortgage interest payments <br />Provides financial stability (no fear of rent increase) <br />No cost to the county <br />Better for a household than renting, but not as good as traditional home <br />ownership <br />Resale restriction limits ability of the owner to utilize full equity <br />Resale formula must be prepared carefully to provide some benefit to <br />homeowner without making the house unaffordable for the next homebuyer <br />Mechanics of resales (direct sale or through CLT) are complicated and must be <br />established upfront <br />Payment of ad valorem taxes and insurance are additional costs that an owner of <br />a CLT home must incur that a renter does not <br />Conclusion: <br />A CLT is an effective method of providing affordable homeownership opportunities. <br />Although CLTs are generally established by private non-profit groups, local governments <br />usually assist non-profit housing groups which are willing to form CLTs. This assistance <br />may involve providing technical assistance, providing surplus properties appropriate for <br />affordable housing and others. <br />RECOMENDATION: <br />The county should maintain Housing Element policy 4.10 for assisting non-profit housing <br />organizations seeking to establish a CLT. <br />BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ACTION: <br />Board of County Commissioners Approval of the AHAC Recommendation <br />Yes [J] No ❑ <br />F\Community Development\SHIP\AHAC\AHAC 2014\AHAC 2014 report.doc <br />26 <br />71 <br />