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I've wanted to look more into CLTs, but haven't yet-- What's stopping CLTs from existing today? Is it merely the novelty and relative complication of the CLT?
by bufordsharkley 10y ago
I've wanted to look more into CLTs, but haven't yet--
What's stopping CLTs from existing today? Is it merely the novelty and relative complication of the CLT? Or is there policy that makes them impractical?
- thescriptkiddie 10y agoThey do exist. What's stopping them from being more prevalent? Probably the lingering effects of McCarthyism.
- erikpukinskis 10y agoI think this is a big part of it. I've been jabbering about collectivism for a decade, and almost everyone's first reaction is to tell me why that can't possibly work and there's a reason for capitalism, and if it made sense a company would do it, yada yada yada.
- forgotuser 10y agoThey do exist! There are, I believe, currently a few hundred in the US. They're just spreading very, very slowly. I imagine the main issue is a combination of lack of public awareness + the difficulty of acquiring land + lack of public policy to accommodate the weird structure.
- bufordsharkley 10y agoAh, interesting. I'm familiar with some of the historical land trusts (Fairhope, Arden), but not the contemporary ones... I really need to learn more. I suppose they're mainly helpful for before when a housing market reaches the breaking point. That is, before the land is unaffordable. Are people trying CLTs in Detroit? It seems a natural place to experiment with it.