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The Maas family is the 20th family to own their own home through the State College Community Land Trust. To celebrate this milestone the SCCLT presented them with a ceramic address plaque for their home.

The State College Community Land Trust (SCCLT) is a non-profit housing assistance organization. The Trust helps income-qualified individuals and families purchase a home in the Borough of State College. The Community Land Trust helps to reduce the cost of buying a home by "splitting" the ownership of the property. State College Community Land Trust buys land and housing together, but it then treats these two kinds of property separately. The SCCLT holds the land permanently in trust which allows the prospective home owner to apply for a mortgage based only on the cost of the house. This effectively reduces the cost of owning a home by as much as 30%.