Land That Stays in Community Hands.
When the community owns the land, displacement becomes impossible.
How It Works
The Community Land Trust model separates land ownership from home ownership.
Why CLTs work where traditional ownership fails
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Lower monthly costs — typically below market rent
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Pathways instead of walls — bad credit, criminal record, no down payment? We build paths, not barriers
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Equity for the family — homeowners build equity even with the land separately held
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Permanence — when the family sells, the home stays affordable for the next family
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Wealth that compounds — generation 1's equity transfers to generation 2 to generation 3 — without displacement
The community (via Kalpulli Corridors CLT) owns the land — permanently. Families own their homes — and build equity. The land never returns to the speculative market. Generation after generation.
This isn't a new model. CLTs have existed for 50+ years across the country. What's new is bringing this structure to San Antonio's Southside, grounded in Mexica calpulli principles, and explicitly designed for justice-impacted and credit-damaged families that traditional homeownership shuts out.