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# Housing
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/life-heart-land/episode/housing-gwq57f/
- Published: 2024-04-02T23:19:10.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-08T20:30:56.000Z
- Description: Learn how a community land trust works to help people find affordable housing.
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: Life In The Heart Land, Season 1, Episode 105, #ZZZ_Episode_b31ff87d-d48b-497b-b870-7cc8c12194bf, #episode, #ZZZ_Show_54fb63ef-da75-4b1a-8ced-f3de36413496, #v1.16

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.