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Housing

Season 1 Episode 105 | 26m 15s

One out of every seven Virginians pays over 50% of their income in housing costs. In 2021, a group of Virginia’s Habitat for Humanity affiliates formed the Virginia Statewide Community Land Trust, to address what chairman Darryl Neher calls a housing market failure. Learn how a community land trust operates and how it can help those struggling to find affordable housing in rural Virginia.

Aired: 08/31/23 | Expires: 08/31/26
Distributed nationally by American Public Television
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