Conversations about how to fix Canada's housing crisis often focus on one idea: the accelerated building of more affordable units.

But, in the absence of a coordinated response to housing shortages and rising rents, communities — big and small — are taking matters into their own hands. Local organizers have created Community Land Trusts (CLTs), non-profits that buy up land within a given neighbourhood and keep it affordable and accessible for everyone in the community — indefinitely.

Neil Sangani helps John Hua explain the current shortage of house listings.

The average home in Toronto costs $1,200,000. What does that mean for the average Torontonian?

Several residents living in the area north of Chemin-Ste-Marie in Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue oppose the city’s plans to allow a 400-unit residential project to be built.