For some, the investments are a way to cash in on the home equity they and their families built over the past decades. For others, the investments bring aggressive rent increases and evictions as investors seek to maximize returns. In some cases increased rents result in better living conditions, in other cases the increased rents are used as extracted profit for absentee businesses. Over time, the effect of both equity cash outs and rental displacement leads to disruption in the social support and sense of security the community has come to rely on. While we welcome investment from newcomers, we also need a way to balance between the deteriorating side of unrestricted profit seeking and the need for stable affordable housing. The community land trust model gives us a tool to improve the security and housing of our most vulnerable neighbors with a democratic process for community oversight.