What if we owned the land together: Community Land Trusts

What would it mean to own land together — and keep it affordable, forever?This first episode of The Equity Gap explores the growing movement of community land trusts: organizations that remove land from the speculative market and put it under community control. From Toronto's Kensington Market to Ottawa and Waterloo Region, meet the people working to close the equity gap standing between communities and the land beneath their feet.THANKS TO OUR GUESTSChiyi Tam, Executive Director, Toronto Chinatown Land TrustSean Campbell, Executive Director, Union Co-operativeDominique Russell, Co-director of Community, Kensington Market Community Land TrustMike Bulthuis, Executive Director, Ottawa Community Land TrustCREDITSProduced and edited by Jay Harrison and Deren Atkins at Untied Productions. Hosted by Jay Harrison.Music courtesy of Epidemic Sound. Music featured in this episode includes: Finish Line by Mizlo, Filter (Instrumental Version) by Nic Hanson, Very Important Pineapple by Scoobadive, Lucky 7s by Guustavv, Some Kind of Friend (Instrumental Version) by Vicki Vox, and Infinity by Northside.This series was made possible by the Canadian Credit Union Association and Scaled Purpose, with support from Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation.