Spotlight

The Way Forward Housing Collaborative is pleased to spotlight the following research,
events and blogs this month:

A failure to disrupt the housing sector is a failure to our economy, health and planet.

The global housing sector is fragmented, slow to innovate, underfunded and often isolated from the rest development community. Yet, the sector’s status quo can no longer be tolerated. An estimated 1.6 billion people lack adequate housing, with the deficit continuing to grow larger each day

Can new technology solve the global housing crisis?

From 3D printing to biomanufactured materials, new building technologies have been making the headlines as a quicker—and cheaper—way to address the global housing deficit,...

Housing finance in Africa: Recovery through recognition of massive small potential

This blog originally appeared as the introductory essay[1] to the 2021 edition of the Housing Finance in Africa Yearbook. After...

Members

Lara Shankar Chandra

Consultant - Habitat for Humanity International

Olivia Nielsen

Miyamoto International

College of Built Environments

University of Washington

Samuel Lynch

Miyamoto International

Richard Green

Dept. of Real Estate Development at University of Southern California

Olga Koukoui

Agence Française de Développement

Stefan Atchia

African Development Bank

Gonzalo Pizarro

United Nations Development Programme

Anya Brickman Raredon

Affordable Housing Institute
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Peruvian study finds “going back to basics” on sustainable housing solutions can be key: They are simple, and reduce household costs

In honor of Earth Day, this month we travel to Lima, Peru, to examine how Habitat’s Terwilliger Center for Innovation...
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Building Affordability into Tomorrow’s Megacities

New cities are being designed from the ground up. As we design the megacities of tomorrow, let’s leverage lessons learned...