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# Welcome to Built By DAO

Built By DAO builds community-owned neighborhoods: homes, workspaces, local businesses, training, and the physical infrastructure communities need to create and keep value.

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## Member-driven, steward-guided

Members contribute real work, build earned ownership, and shape major decisions. Stewards maintain direction, safety, and execution. The lane a decision sits in determines who participates and what approval it needs.
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## How the model works

| Part                                                 | What it does                                                                                         |
| ---------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| [Contribution](/contributors/contribute.md)          | Members complete reviewed work and earn EQTBLT credits for approved contribution                     |
| [Housing Loyalty](/housing-loyalty/equity-leases.md) | Qualifying rent can earn Housing Loyalty credits at the rate stamped in the lease                    |
| [Foundry](/the-foundry/foundry.md)                   | A local hub trains builders, recovers materials, coordinates projects, and lowers cash cost          |
| [Governance](/governance/governance.md)              | Contributors, investors, and council members participate through proposal-specific houses and rules  |
| [Treasury](/governance/treasury.md)                  | Revenue, budgets, allocations, and spending move through explicit rails                              |
| [Platform](/developers/platform.md)                  | The dashboard coordinates people, projects, evidence, housing, governance, and contract transactions |

## The two tokens

### EQTBLT

EQTBLT is soul-bound ownership credit. It is not bought or traded. Member-earned credits have two sources:

* contribution credits — approved activity;
* Housing Loyalty credits — qualifying base rent.

Housing Loyalty is set per property, normally from 5–15%. High-demand/high-cost properties use the lower end, standard properties default to 10%, and rural, lease-up, or lower-demand properties may use the higher end. A lease stamps its rate until renewal.

### BLTBY

BLTBY is the separate transferable utility-token workstream. Its future public launch, distribution, utility, and liquidity require their own approvals. It is not included in the QOF or fallback-note investor offering.

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## Platform availability

The hosted application is in prelaunch. A documented feature or deployed contract does not by itself make a housing program, investment offering, or service available. Read [Developer Overview](/developers/developers.md) for the distinction between the app, its selected contract release, and programs that are open to members.
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## Start here

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[The Organization](/getting-started/what-is-built-by-dao.md)
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[Member Onboarding](/onboarding/onboarding.md)
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[Overview](/contributors/contribute.md)
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[Housing Loyalty](/housing-loyalty/equity-leases.md)
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[Overview](/governance/governance.md)
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[Overview](/investors/invest.md)
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[Overview](/developers/developers.md)
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