The Equity Gap

This is a three-part documentary podcast series about community land trusts and credit unions in Ontario who are working together to solve a stubborn problem: the equity gap that prevents communities from acquiring land collectively to keep it permanently affordable. The series follows the people behind a solutions lab in Ontario led by the Canadian Credit Union Association and Scaled Purpose as they ask: How can credit unions leverage innovative financing tools to help community land trusts overcome the equity gap to deliver more affordable housing?

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  The Equity Gap

  Bonus Episode - LIVE Recording of Land Trusts Across Toronto: 2026 Jack Quarter Lectureship on the Social Economy

  Aug 14, 20261h 38mS0

  <p>This bonus episode is part of a 3-part series called The Equity Gap, which follows a small group of Ontario-based community land trusts and credit unions working together through a solutions lab to try to solve the financing barrier that gets in the way of communities buying land together. </p><p>Hear the full story of the solutions lab on the first 3 episodes of The Equity Gap; available wherever you listen to podcasts. </p><p>In this episode we’re sharing a conversation with 3 Toronto-based community land trusts presented in March at the 2026 Jack Quarter Lectureship on the Social Ec...

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  Episode #3

  Inside the Solutions Lab

  Aug 12, 202650 minS0

  <p>In the final episode of this three-part series, The Equity Gap goes inside the CLT-credit union solutions lab. We hear about why Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation invested in solutions labs as a way to tackle Canada’s housing crisis. Lab participants walk us through the portfolio of solutions they've been prototyping, and the ones they're most excited to see tested in the real world — from blended finance tools that let credit unions stack mortgage debt with community and foundation capital, to GICs that let community members fund CLT acquisitions directly through their credit union.</p><p>It’s certai...

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  Episode #2

  Different by design: Credit Unions

  Jun 1, 202636 minS0

  <p>Credit unions are built for communities, not short term returns. For a housing crisis that demands long-term thinking, that difference matters.</p><p>Credit unions have been helping Canadians access housing since their inception nearly 100 years ago. In the face of today's housing crisis, that legacy matters more than ever. In this episode, we meet three credit union organizations involved in the solutions lab: a niche credit union with Mennonite roots and a deep commitment to mutual aid, a values-driven investment bank wholly owned by a credit union, and Ontario's largest credit union. Built for community, not quarterly returns...

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  What if we owned the land together: Community Land Trusts

  May 4, 202648 minS0

  <p>What would it mean to own land together — and keep it affordable, forever?</p><p>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.</p><p>THANKS TO OUR GUESTS</p><p>Chiyi Tam, Executive Director, Toronto Chinatown Land Trust</p><p>Sean Campbell, Executive Director, Union Co-operative</p><p>Dominique Russell, Co...

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