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Online information useful to surviving homelessness or operating a land trust.

A huge billboard on an empty piece of land with buildings on either side reads: "EVERYBODY WORKS BUT THE VACANT LOT" I paid $3600. for this lot and will hold it ‘till I get $6000. The profit is unearned increment made possible by the presence of this community and the enterprise of its people. I take the profit without earning it. For the remedy read ”HENRY GEORGE” Yours truly Fay Lewis

Land Value Tax

Eliminate economic rent—unearned revenue from having the monopoly on any piece (or many pieces) of land—and probably end houselessness, too, if paired with a resident's dividend, by taxing 100% of the annualized value of land that comes from surrounding community improvements (but do not tax the part of the value that comes from improvements made on the land).

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Land

COVID-19 detection & prevention

A communal space with kitchen, baths, and a "living room" area is a key part of our plan for housing people affordably.  For this space to be as safe as it can be, we need affordable ways to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and other infectious diseases.  This resource gathers some tools we may be able to adopt.

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Health

Heat pumps

Communal living, intentional community cluster development or "tiny home village" style, makes the possibility of far more efficient district heating.

Heat pumps are far more efficient than generating heat by burning oil or gas fuels or running electric heaters.

District heating for the housing provided by Gertrude Brown Community Land Trust could make the installation of a heat pump cost effective, in addition to being life saving and combating climate change.

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