What Mountainlands Community Housing Trust does

Mountainlands Community Housing Trust (MCHT) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit founded in 1993 and headquartered at 1960 Sidewinder Dr, Suite 107, Park City, Utah. The organization develops and stewards deed-restricted affordable housing across Summit and Wasatch Counties on the Wasatch Back, addressing acute workforce housing shortages driven by 70%+ second-home vacancy rates and average home prices above $2 million. MCHT has cumulatively delivered over 600 affordable units (337 apartments and 247 homes) leveraging approximately $100 million in federal and state funds over 20 years, with active projects including the HOPA redevelopment of 122 existing units in Park City (completion targeted 2030) and Parkview Place, a 49-home for-sale community in Heber City.

The core operating platform is the Housing Resource Center (HRC), which functions as a centralized hub connecting community members to deed-restricted rental and ownership listings, AMI income qualification tables, recorded deed-restriction documents, and bilingual education programs. Layered on the HRC are program modules including the WE RIP seasonal workforce rental incentive program (launched October 2023 in partnership with the Park City Chamber of Commerce and equipment sponsors Rossignol, JANS/Fishwest), the Mutual Self-Help Construction Program that uses participant labor as down payment, and the Owner Builder Program. Underlying infrastructure runs on WordPress with DonorPerfect payment processing and Tribe Events calendar integration; the compliance backbone is a system of recorded deed restrictions and AMI thresholds (50%-150% AMI tiers across both counties) that legally enforce affordability for decades.

MCHT operates a hybrid nonprofit revenue model combining one-time for-sale deed-restricted housing transactions (e.g., Discovery Ridge townhomes at $403,000; Central Village Condos around $287,500-$299,000), recurring rental income from 337+ affordable apartments (subsidized tenants pay ~30% of income), government grants (HUD, state housing finance agencies, 2012 CHIP grant), philanthropic donations via DonorPerfect and Givebutter, and sponsor contributions for the WE RIP program. Pricing across all products is set against AMI tiers rather than market comparables, and resale price appreciation is capped at approximately 3% per year.

Name

Mountainlands Community Housing Trust

Legal name

Mountainlands Community Housing Trust

Website

https://housinghelp.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1993

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Mountainlands Community Housing Trust is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit founded in 1993 that develops and manages deed-restricted affordable rental and for-sale housing for the workforce across Summit and Wasatch Counties in Utah's Wasatch Back, operating a Housing Resource Center and delivering 600+ affordable units leveraging approximately $100M in cumulative public and private funding.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Affordable Housing Services

NAICS

Lessors of Residential Buildings and Dwellings (53111), Other Community Housing Services (624229)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Real Estate Agents & Managers (For Others) (6531)

akta.pro primary industry

Affordable Housing & Community Development (Housing, Community Land Trusts) (BPAGALAC)

Keywords

• Affordable housing development
• Deed-restricted housing
• Community land trust
• Workforce housing programs
• Rental assistance services

Headquarters

HQ city

Park City

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. For-sale deed-restricted housing sales: One-time sales of deed-restricted condominiums, townhomes, and single-family homes to income-qualified buyers (e.g., Discovery Ridge townhomes offered at $403,000; Central Village Condos around $287,500-$299,000). Resale price appreciation capped at ~3% per year.
2. Affordable rental housing operations: Recurring rental income from 337 affordable apartments (e.g., the 122-unit Holiday Village and Parkside portfolio, Engine House 1875 Homestake Road). Many units are rental-assistance-subsidized with tenants paying ~30% of income.
3. Government grants and federal/state funding: Loomis retired in 2021 after leveraging almost $100 million of federal and state funds to create over 600 affordable units over 20 years. Sources include HUD, state housing finance agencies, and the 2012 Cornerstone Housing Innovation Program (CHIP) five-year grant from Ford Foundation and Social Innovation Funds.
4. Philanthropic donations: 501(c)(3) fundraising via DonorPerfect online portal, givebutter.com/mcht, and event-based campaigns (Live PC Give PC, HOPA capital campaign). $1.4 million raised locally toward $6 million HOPA goal plus a $1 million Solomon Family matching grant.
5. WE RIP sponsor contributions: Monetary and in-kind contributions from sponsors (Rossignol, JANS/Fishwest, Park City Chamber of Commerce) to fund landlord incentives under the Workforce Employer Rental Incentive Program for the 2025-2026 season.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Mountainlands Community Housing Trust (MCHT) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that develops, owns, and resells deed-restricted affordable rental apartments, condominiums, townhomes, and single-family homes for income-qualified local workforce households in Summit and Wasatch Counties, Utah. The organization operates a Housing Resource Center (HRC) that provides housing search assistance, education, and advocacy, and runs specialized programs including the WE RIP seasonal workforce rental incentive program and the Mutual Self-Help construction program that converts participant labor into down-payment credit.

Product overview

Mountainlands Community Housing Trust (MCHT) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that delivers a portfolio of interconnected affordable-housing products and services along the Wasatch Back in Utah rather than a single unified software product. Its core platform is the Housing Resource Center (HRC), a hub that connects the public to affordability tools and resources; layered on top of that are programs such as the WE RIP (Workforce Employer Rental Incentive Program), the Owner Builder Program, and the Mutual Self Help Construction Program. Underlying the platform are specific real-estate developments and listings including the in-development HOPA (Holiday Village and Parkside) Redevelopment and Parkview Place projects, plus managed and monitored properties such as Central Village Condos, Discovery Ridge Townhomes, Bear Hollow Village, Engine House, Studio Crossings, Klein Huis, Slopeside Village at Park City, Liberty Sage Apartments, The Springs at Coyote Ridge, Fox Point at Redstone, The Line Condominiums, North Bench Farms, Heber Meadows North, and Silver Creek Village. Supporting the platform are knowledge resources like the AMI Income Limits Reference, the Recorded Deed Restrictions Library, the Affordable Resale Monitoring list, and Affordable Housing How-To bilingual education sessions, plus the Bob Wells Scholarship Program.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Housing Resource Center (HRC): The HRC is MCHT's housing information, education, advocacy, and referral arm that runs programs such as WE RIP and the seasonal workforce housing initiative.

Products and services

• Housing Resource Center (HRC)
• WE RIP (Workforce Employer Rental Incentive Program)
• Mutual Self-Help Housing Construction Program
• HOPA Redevelopment (Holiday Village and Parkside)
• Parkview Place
• Discovery Ridge Townhomes (deed-restricted for-sale)
• Central Village Condos (deed-restricted resales) Deed-restricted workforce housing condominiums (e.g., 6617 Serviceberry Dr #303, #408) monitored and resold through Mountainlands with income and employment qualifications.
• Affordable Housing How-To Education Sessions

Quantifiable outcome

• 337 affordable apartments created plus 247 homes constructed by 2021, with 40 apartments and 71 homes under construction
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Feature4 records

Partnerships

15 partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, core and minor.

• Park City Community FoundationflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-fundraising partner operating the Housing Fund initiative; matches the Solomon Family $1M grant and supports MCHT's Housing Resource Center and HOPA project. Joel Zarrow is President and CEO.
• Park City Chamber of Commerce (PC Chamber / Visitors Bureau)flagshipGTM or Marketing PartnerCo-launches the WE RIP (Workforce Employer Rental Incentive Program) each season; opens WE RIP rentals to all member employer employees; contributed the $300 Mountainkind card incentive. Scott House and the PC Chamber team co-coordinate the program.
• RossignolflagshipGTM or Marketing PartnerProvides Rossignol Alpine or Nordic skis and bindings as the primary WE RIP landlord incentive each winter season; incentive orders placed November 15.
• JANS/FishwestcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerProvides a fly-fishing rod and reel package as an alternative WE RIP landlord incentive alongside Rossignol gear.
• Wasatch County Housing AuthoritycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-development partner on Parkview Place, the 49-home for-sale community for Wasatch County "Community Builders."
• Park City Mountain - Vail Resorts EpicPromiseflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerMajor donor/funding partner listed among Mountainlands' supporters for HOPA redevelopment; Vail Resorts' EpicPromise charitable program supports workforce housing for resort employees.
• Park City Board of RealtorscoreGTM or Marketing PartnerIndustry supporter of the Housing Resource Center and HOPA redevelopment; individual Realtors such as Joanne O'Connell list MCHT deed-restricted resale properties.
• Bridge 21coreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerLocal nonprofit partner that will enhance the experience and programming for neurodiverse HOPA residents at the redeveloped Holiday Village and Parkside site.
• National Community Land Trust NetworkminorOthersIndustry association in which Executive Director Scott Loomis served on the board; aligns with Mountainlands' CLT-based affordable housing model.
• National Rural Housing CoalitionminorOthersIndustry coalition board membership held by MCHT during Loomis's tenure as Executive Director.
• PC TotsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMCHT helped create PC Tots, an affordable daycare nonprofit serving the Summit County workforce; aligned mission on retaining local families.
• Moab Area Community Land TrustminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerMCHT assisted the Moab Area Community Land Trust in entitling and financing infrastructure for a 300-lot subdivision in Grand County for local workforce housing.
• Habitat for HumanitycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-organizes the Affordable Housing How-To community information sessions in English and Spanish at the Wasatch County Library.
• Park City Municipal CorporationflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerMunicipal co-developer for HOPA and other Park City proper affordable housing projects; coordinates land use, zoning, and recorded deed restrictions for in-city properties.
• Summit CountyflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerGovernment co-developer across Summit County projects including the Village Overlay at Cedar Crest Village and Discovery Ridge deed restrictions.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Champlain Housing Trust: The largest community land trust in the United States, based in Burlington, VT — comparable to MCHT as a CLT operator using the shared-equity deed-restricted model, but at substantially greater scale and broader geography.
• Habitat for Humanity International: National parent of the local Habitat affiliate that partners with MCHT; comparable as a large-scale nonprofit affordable-housing developer using sweat-equity/self-help construction (MCHT's Mutual Self-Help program) but at vastly greater scale.

Others

• Grounded Solutions Network: National membership network for community land trusts and shared-equity housing organizations, of which former MCHT ED Scott Loomis was a board member; comparable as the industry association connecting MCHT to peer CLTs and to capital sources.

Direct peers

• Jackson Hole Community Housing Trust: Wyoming-based nonprofit focused on workforce and deed-restricted affordable housing in Teton County; runs the most direct comparison to MCHT because both serve resort towns where 70%+ of homes are second/vacation properties, workforces commute in, and AMI is elevated relative to surrounding regions.
• Moab Area Community Land Trust: Utah rural-resort community land trust that MCHT directly assisted in entitling and financing a 300-lot subdivision in Grand County — a peer in product and geography with MCHT as a peer-mentor.
• Habitat for Humanity of Summit and Wasatch Counties: Local Habitat affiliate that already co-hosts MCHT's bilingual Affordable Housing How-To sessions and serves the same Summit/Wasatch County workforce with sweat-equity homeownership — the closest on-the-ground peer in product and mission.
• Eagle County Housing and Development Authority: Housing authority for Colorado's Vail Valley that develops and manages deed-restricted workforce housing for resort employees — comparable to MCHT on geography (resort town), customer (hospitality/education workforce), and product (deed-restricted rentals and for-sale).
• Pitkin County Community Housing: Aspen-area government program developing and managing deed-restricted housing for local workforce — directly comparable to MCHT given a similar high-cost resort setting with employer-driven demand and deed-restriction resale mechanics.
• Teton County Housing Authority: Wyoming housing authority providing workforce housing in Jackson/Teton County; comparable to MCHT in serving a constrained resort labor market with both rental and ownership pathways.

Emerging players

• Northwest Montana Community Land Trust: Montana CLT serving the Flathead/Glacier resort region with shared-equity housing for local workforce — emerging peer in product (CLT model) and customer segment (resort workforce) but at earlier scale.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• Facebookfacebook.com/mchtparkcity

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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