Sandpoint Magazine: PRICED OUT
HOUSING CRISIS SPARKS COMMUNITY ACTION
…”Part of community conservation is looking at what our communities are struggling with,” said [KLT] Executive Director, Katie Cox. “Making urban centers more livable, useful, and affordable helps KLT to protect and keep open working forest, farm, and ranch land.”
At their September meeting, KLT board members agreed they should work to be conserving land for housing as well as open space. Using this approach, private landowners or employer-landowners get a tax saving when they donate land to the trust, and this can offset the cost of developing housing. Any landowner, employer, or individual investor could contribute to the supply of housing in this way…
from Sandpoint Magazine, Winter 2022 issue, p. 85-89
