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

Recognition for demand-side finance paves the way for change

We know that housing has a larger-than-expected contribution to developing country GDP when both housing investment (construction of new housing)...

Comparing housing affordability in different African countries using purchasing power parity dollars

A market price reflects the interplay between demand for the product concerned and its supply. The housing market is no...

Members

College of Built Environments

University of Washington

Gonzalo Pizarro

United Nations Development Programme

David Smith

Affordable Housing Institute

Habib Hann

International Finance Corporation

Alison Tshangana

Centre for Affordable Housing Finance in Africa

Victoria Flattau

African Development Bank

Minerva Novero

United Nations Development Programme

Monica Rashkin

Habitat for Humanity’s Terwilliger Center for Innovation in Shelter

Renata Rubian

United Nations Development Programme
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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...