In today’s episode, Penelope Fergison and Karla Fernandez speak with Oscar Monge, Associate Director & Community Development Director at T.R.U.S.T. South LA. They discuss T.R.U.S.T. South LA’s work around USC’s campus in the Exposition Park neighborhood to preserve affordable housing through participatory planning and community land trusts, a form of shared equity homeownership placing ownership of community land in the hands of its members. Comprising just a small share of the nation’s housing stock, community land trusts are gaining visibility for creating long-term and permanently affordable housing that addresses racial inequality and housing crises worsened during the Covid-19 pandemic.

This interview was originally conducted in August 2020

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Podcast art by Alexander Sarno. Contributors include Penelope Fergison, Karla Fernandez, Jonah Chang, Jordy Coutin, and Katie Lee.