Moab Area Community Land Trust

05/20/2026

How are homes on the Land Trust sold for less than market rate?

The land trust is able to reduce the price of a home by removing the cost of the land from the purchase price. In communities like Moab, land is a substantial contributor to high housing prices. By removing that chunk of the cost, the CLT is able to sell the homes at below market rate.

Learn more and donate to support our cause with the link below.
https://www.utahgives.org/organization/Moab-Area-Community-Land-Trust

05/15/2026

and MACLT are collabing for a cocktail! 🥂 🏠

“The Desert Dweller”
Prickly Pear Margarita with Sage - $14
(upgrade to Mezcal for an extra delicious time) and a Mocktail version too - $8!

Sip a cocktail and support a good cause! Every cocktail sale donates $$ to support affordable housing for Moab’s locals- making sure our teachers, nurses, and our local workforce - the people who make Moab’s community run - have an affordable place to live 🏠

Thank you !! It’s sooooo good + it’s PERFECT weather for a marg on the patio! 😎

05/15/2026

HAPPY WORLD CLT DAY!

Today we are celebrating the work CLTs do across the world, and how they prioritize and foster community within their areas.

Here in Moab, MACLT has helped over 100 families and individuals find affordable housing on the Land Trust. We couldn't do it without the amazing support of our partners, board members, residents, and community members who consistently show up and advocate for our local community.

With the ever-rising costs of living in a tourist town in the mountain west, our teachers, nurses, and local workforce are often priced out of Moab's housing market. That's where the Land Trust comes in to help.

Homeowners own the home, but not the land. By holding the land in a trust, homes stay affordable for generations to come, and that it's resold to families who live and work in the community.

We work with our local housing authority to help build Mutual Self Help Homes with our homeowners, and provide apartment and cottage rentals on the Land Trust as well.

We LOVE Moab and our community

05/15/2026

Coffee for a good cause? Count us in!
Stop by Dos Mas Cafe this morning - they are donating 10% of their sales to MACLT today in honor of World CLT Day!

Nothing like Dos Más on a Friday morning! And, bonus! Más & Dos Más at the Press are being total bosses, donating 10% of sales to MACLT (Moab Area Community Land Trust) today. Go get your drink on and give back to the Moab community, win-win!

05/13/2026

A reshare of this The Salt Lake Tribune article about MACLT, published a few years ago.

This May, follow along with MACLT as we learn more about community land trusts, and how Moab's Community Land Trust provides affordable housing for it's community.

More cities and nonprofits are creating land trusts -- a way to help lower- and middle-income people into homeownership.

05/11/2026

WHAT IS A DEED RESTRICTION?

When someone buys a home through a CLT, they agree to a few rules (called deed restrictions) that help protect the home from ever becoming another Airbnb, vacation home, or investment property.

Deed restrictions help ensure:
- Homes stay occupied by people who live and work here
- Housing remains affordable for future families and individuals
- The community keeps homes for locals, not just the highest bidder

In a place like Moab, where housing prices continue to rise, deed restrictions help preserve opportunities for teachers, healthcare workers, service industry staff, and local families to continue calling this place home.

This May we are answering some of MACLT's most-asked questions and learning more about how MACLT is working to solves Moab's housing crisis. Follow along and learn more!

05/07/2026

Celebrate MACLT May with us! We will be posting all about CLTs, going over common questions we get, and how MACLT supports Moab’s housing community 🏠

We’ll go over things like: What are deed restrictions? How does MACLT keep home prices lower than market rate? What are the qualifications to live or build on the land trust? How do I apply? What are the rules? I own the home but not the land? Are there rentals options?

Let’s start with the basics - What is a land trust? And how does it provide affordable housing?

Follow along and learn the answers to all these questions this month.

Want to support affordable housing in Moab? Donate with the link in our bio 🧡

05/05/2026

Join us in celebrating MACLT May in honor of World CLT Day on May 15th! World CLT day celebrates Community Land Trusts around the world, and highlighting how CLTs provide equitable and sustainable housing development.

Throughout the month of May we'll be sharing posts with FAQs about MACLT, how CLTs provide affordable housing, homeowner success stories, and how MACLT is helping the housing crisis for the people who live and work in Moab.

Donate today to support the Moab Area Community Land Trust, and creating more affordable housing for Moab's local workforce!

MACLT is mission-driven to create permanently affordable housing by preserving land held in trust in the Moab Valley. In all that we do, MACLT values permanent affordability for the housing we provide, wholistic sustainability that includes environmental and financial

04/30/2026

Happy Utah Gives Day !🏡
On this day of giving, we’re inviting you to support MACLT as we work to expand affordable housing in the Moab Valley!

MACLT’s work supports Moab’s local workforce and residents who might otherwise be priced out of Moab’s housing market. Like many towns in the Mountain West, rising costs of living have made it increasingly difficult for locals to find long-term affordable housing and purchasing a home can feel downright impossible at times.

BUT that’s where the Land Trust comes in! Land trusts keep costs down, and ensure that homes stay affordable in perpetuity. MACLT has already helped over 100 individuals and families build or buy homes in Moab’s first community land trust neighborhood, Arroyo Crossing - and we’re working to expand affordable housing opportunities across the valley.

Learn more and donate with the link below. Thank you for supporting a more affordable Moab 🏡

https://www.utahgives.org/organization/Moab-Area-Community-Land-Trust

04/17/2026

Our branding got a refresh! We are so excited to unveil our new logos and designs from the incredible Issa Designs!

02/03/2026

Arroyo Crossing Phase II has officially broken ground! 🎉🚜 Roadways and infrastructure will be under construction until summer, and homes will start coming in thereafter.

This phase will include 116 new homes for folks who live and work in the community!

🏠 12 moderate-income twinhomes built by Territorial Land Company
🏠 15 townhomes and 5 single family Mutual Self Help homes built by Housing Authority of Southeastern Utah
🏠 32 low-income apartments built by Developed. By Women. / Giv Development
🏠 52 additional rentals to come

Thank you to Grand County Utah, Desert Rivers Credit Union, Pronghorn Construction, SET Engineering, Utah Governor's Office of Economic Development, SERDA, our development partners, and so many others for supporting this project.

We are so excited for this new chapter of permanently affordable housing for the Moab community!