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The inspiring story of three communities that have found an empowering way to bring the American dream of owning a home to low-income residents. Community land trusts (CLTs) make housing permanently affordable by giving ownership of the land to local community groups and eliminating the usual spiral of land price speculation. Through the personal stories, tenacity and vision of community activists in Durham, North Carolina, Albuquerque, New Mexico, and Burlington, Vermont audiences are compelled to rethink their assumptions about housing and community development in the United States.

An extraordinarily informative and inspiring film that presents a clear and vivid description of how land trusts work and why they are an attractive mechanism for providing affordable housing and developing strong communities. A terrific teaching resource for courses in urban studies, housing and community development.
William M. Rohe, Professor Department of City and Regional Planning University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

We've shown HOMES & HANDS to groups of neighborhood residents who have been moved and inspired...People who usually feel disenfranchised and left out of the planning process see that they can actually take matters into their own hands and have a positive impact on their communities.
Hank Herrera, Planner
NorthEast Neighborhood Alliance Community Land Corporation
Rochester, NY

This excellent video...is ideal for nonprofits, community planners and housing lenders hoping to provide affordable housing today and assure that such housing remains affordable years from now.
Shelterforce: The Journal of Affordable Housing and Community Building

Highly Recommended. Groups thinking about forming a community land trust will want this video. Moreover, this interesting video would be of value to public library collections, particularly in urban environments. In addition, academic libraries will find this video valuable for urban planning classes.
Charles H. Burkart, Audiovisual Library, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV
MC Journal: The Journal for Academic Media Librarianship
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AWARDS & SCREENINGS:

• CINE Golden Eagle
• Silver Apple, National Educational Video Festival
• Certificate of Creative Excellence, U.S. International Film and Video Festival

Resource Web Sites

National Community Land Trust Network

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