TO: Mayor and Commission AGENDA DATE: 11/17/2025
FROM: City Manager AGENDA ITEM: 7 - B
SUBJECT:
Title
Request for approval of Resolution No. 2025-93, authorizing the City Manager or designee to execute the agreement with Bright Community Trust, Inc.; to administer the Community Land Trust program as authorized by the Local Housing Assistance Plan (LHAP)
Body
LOCATION:
Citywide
COST:
N/A
SOURCE OF FUNDS:
SHIP, CDBG
ORIGINATING DEPARTMENT:
Housing and Community Development
POTENTIAL MOTION:
Recommendation
“I hereby move to approve Resolution No. 2025-93.”
END
BACKGROUND:
Background
Resolution No. 2025-68, approved on July 7, 2025, established the City’s Community Land Trust (CLT) Program. Resolution No. 2025-93 adopts a policy to implement the program and authorizes agreements with Bright Community Trust to manage it as approved by exception.
Deltona continues to face a shortage of attainable housing, particularly for households earning up to 140% of the Area Median Income, for First Responders. High land costs remain a major factor affecting affordability. The CLT model helps preserve long-term affordability by keeping land under nonprofit ownership and selling or leasing the homes to income qualified households through long term ground leases.
The resolution allows the City to convey property to Bright Community Trust, with deed restrictions and reverter clauses, for the development and maintenance of affordable housing. It authorizes the City Manager or designee to execute agreements in accordance with purchasing policy.
End