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Clark County Council · May 05, 2026 · 1:00:25–1:00:38 · Watch on CVTV ↗

Although the terms "habitat" and "land trust" were primarily used during the meeting to discuss affordable housing programs like Evergreen Habitat for Humanity, actual wildlife habitat was briefly addressed during public comment. A resident advocated for the preservation of Timmons Landing as a historical site and natural habitat, specifically opposing local development to protect the trees where eagles and other birds nest.

Keywords: Habitat land trust stormwater Salmon habitat

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59:24 This year, we were able to fund several categories including proud ground. Urban Habitat for Humanity was just under the scoring where we had enough funding available which is why they are considered a contingency project through this application process. The home buyer program is a land trust model where proud ground will own the land under the home and first-time home buyers will purchase the house that sits on the property and it will be affordable for 99 years that they get a land lease. And this makes it to where that project can be permanently affordable. So if that home buyer sells the home, it gets sold back to another low-income household in the future. So it's perpetually affordable moving forward. Would you like to add something? >> No. I thought you were looking at me to go over Habitat. >> Go ahead.

1:00:24 >> Okay. So Habitat works very similar. It's a land bank model as well. So they -- both organizations -- they're similar programs. Both organizations work to identify eligible low-income households that are first-time home buyers. And when I say low-income households, I mean in this case 80% AMI or below. Usually it's around 60% AMI or below for these first-time home buyer households. And they help them afford the mortgage and own the house and the land is banked and the house itself becomes permanently affordable. When I say permanently, as Rebecca indicated, it's 99 years. So very, very similar programs. Proud Ground has been working with the county in this model longer than Evergreen Habitat for Humanity has.

1:01:22 And I would expect that Evergreen will continue in the future. It's a contingency program. This time around I'm sure they will continue to apply for more funds and more activities. >> I'll also add that both of those programs look at the income or the amount of funding


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direct keyword 1:00:25–1:00:38 Habitat, land trust, stormwater, Salmon, habitat
yer sells the home, it gets sold back to another low-income household in the future. So it's perpetually affordable moving forward. Would you like to add something? >> No. I thought you were looking at me to go over Habitat. >> Go ahead. >> Okay. So Habitat works very similar. It's a land bank model as well. So they -- both organizations -- they're similar programs. Both organizations work to identify eligible low-income households that are first-time home buyers. And when I say low-income house

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