The Decatur Land Trust (DLT) was created in 2019 and incorporated in 2021 as an independent, non-profit corporation with 501(c)3 status. The DLT Mission is to acquire and create homes, land, and commercial properties for community benefit and permanent affordability, and to encourage home ownership by stewarding new homeowners and minimizing displacement, targeting buyers in the 80 to 120% AMI range. The vision is to create a welcoming community with a diversity of housing to help residents and families of all incomes, at all stages of life, prosper.