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

Achieving an Equitable COVID-19 Recovery Through Safe Housing: Why it’s Time for Financial Institutions to Step Up

Mrs. Vee is a micro-entrepreneur who makes her living collecting trash in Hanoi. Since the pandemic began, a large part...

Unlocking Housing Finance for Women: Perspectives from IFC and Sewa Grih Rin Ltd. (Sitara)

Access to safe and affordable housing is a fundamental human right. But unfortunately, it is not enjoyed equally by all...

Members

Victoria Flattau

African Development Bank

Kecia Rust

Centre for Affordable Housing Finance in Africa

Samuel Lynch

Miyamoto International

Alice Nabalamba

African Development Bank

Patrick McAllister

Habitat for Humanity’s Terwilliger Center for Innovation in Shelter

Arthur Acolin

Runstad Dept of Real Estate in the College of Built Environments at the University of Washington

Olivia Nielsen

Miyamoto International

Monica Rashkin

Habitat for Humanity’s Terwilliger Center for Innovation in Shelter

David Smith

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...