Home. It’s one of those ideas that is core to us. But what if your home was gentrifying — becoming less affordable and recognizable with each day? This episode tells the story of Treno Morton, a young person who has set off to safeguard home not just for himself, but for his historic Black community displaced by systemic racism. Learn how he became one of the youngest leaders championing community land trusts in Canada. And join host Keyanna Ortiz-Cedeño to question whether collective ownership and community engagement can solve housing affordability.

Delayed decision leaves African Nova Scotia land trust in limbo

Community land trust could plant new roots in district

Treno Morton presenting to the city's Community Planning and Economic Development Standing Committee in May 2024 with Houssam Elokda.

The Cogswell Interchange is gone. What now for the Black families it uprooted?

Halifax renews push for development tool to address 'historic wrongs' in Black communities

African Nova Scotian land trust wants Cogswell housing project to address ‘historical inequities’