[bufordsharkley]

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?

[forgotuser]

They 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]

Ah, 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.

[thescriptkiddie]

They do exist. What's stopping them from being more prevalent? Probably the lingering effects of McCarthyism.

[erikpukinskis]

I 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.