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The Overhead: When Policy Pauses Public Ownership
Wednesday, 27 May, 2026
We've spoken a lot about community land trusts in this series, and it's been gaining momentum in cities and towns all over Canada. But there are some policy choices that are stalling some land trust projects. Here we bring you two cases from Vancouver, and how these barriers can be removed. First, we speak to Djaka Blais, executive director of the Hogan's Alley Society. There is a municipal plan in place to rehabilitate an historically Black community, which was ruined years ago when viaducts were built over top of it for an expressway that was never completed, but the plan can't move ahead while those unused viaducts still stand. And we speak to Andy Bond, executive director of the Downtown East Side Community Land Trust, speaks about his organizations success in acquiring property for affordable housing in this low-income neighbourhood. But the City has also changed zoning in the area that previously mandated 60% non-market housing. How can policy changes help community land trusts move forward?
