A team of graduate students from the University of Guam has unveiled a proposal to tackle Guam’s housing shortage by developing affordable housing on CHamoru Land Trust Commission (CLTC) properties through a public-private partnership (PPP) model.
The semester-long project serves as a potential blueprint for local policymakers, offering strategies that bridge the public and private sectors in addressing one of the island’s most pressing needs—housing.
“The aim of this project is to address the housing shortage here on Guam and if it can be addressed by utilizing the different resources that are already in possession of our government,” said Christian Delgado, one of the graduate students involved in crafting the proposal.
Key components of the plan include leveraging both federal and local funding opportunities, introducing rent-to-own pathways for residents, and encouraging multi-unit housing developments to maximize land use.
The proposal also aims to activate underutilized CLTC lands by creating a path for beneficiaries to move from lengthy waiting lists to actual homeownership, providing a practical, community-centered solution to land access and housing equity.
