Neighbourhood Trust

Neighbourhood Trust was a collaborative, evolving project that examined the state of affordable housing in Toronto through the lens of those directly affected. Through a series of workshops and conversations, culminating in a public exhibition, artist Hiba Abdallah and a group of South Etobicoke community members explored the effects of housing insecurity and collaboratively examined possible solutions that are grounded in lived experiences. Neighbourhood Trust sought to expand the public conversation surrounding affordable housing by focusing on the perspectives of those who are materially impacted by these issues in South Etobicoke. The project aimed to create a collective agency that investigates new ways of understanding, articulating, and imagining the neighbourhood we seek to foster. The project encouraged collaborators to challenge, interrogate, and reconsider who we deem an expert and why.