The Corporación del Proyecto ENLACE del Caño Martín Peña (ENLACE), is a public entity created in2004 by Law 489 to implement the Comprehensive Development and Land Use Plan for the Caño Martín Peña Special Planning District (CMP District Plan). ENLACE works closely with G-8, a non-profit organization that brings together community leaders from the eight communities surrounding the channel and to ensure a participatory process throughout the implementation of the plan. El Fideicomiso de la Tierra Caño Martín Peña - the Community Land Trust (CLT)- aprivate, non-profit organization created to manage the land and prevent residents from being priced out. The CLT is an essential part of the success of the project. It is an innovative model for collective land ownership where each family has individual rights over their plot, protecting residents from gentrification and eviction as a result of market forces. CLT also secures affordable housing and provides housing opportunities for relocating families.The community collectively owns 200 acres (80 ha) of land, allowing them to directly benefit from the improvement efforts of the project. Residents have decisional power over what happens on their land and they can ensure that the plan is implemented as originally intended. Fundamental to these organizations’ agendas is empowering the communities to be the main actors of change, and the plan’s design and implementation revolves around an inclusive, participatory planning process - which included over 700participatory planning activities in two years. This process of empowerment, where residents have a voice and a vote, is written into the policy of Law 489. In order to make room for the channel expansion and restoration, around 1,000 families require relocation. The relocation process is explained clearly and multiple times at meetings, presentations and community participation activities, ensuring that people understand the entire process. Relocated residents are involved from the start. Residents can select three ‘safe, decent and sanitary’ existing housing options and are guided by the “Relocation Committee.”Residents can also choose to move into the new housing developments as part of the Plan. ENLACE provides additional support throughout the process, including mental health services to mitigate the emotional stress relocation can cause.