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The Way Forward Housing Collaborative (WFHC) is united behind the vision of a world where the full potential of the housing sector is unleashed to drive economic growth, social equity and environmental sustainability. We seek to provide a platform for players who aim to further affordable housing in emerging market and developing countries to reimage and co-create inspirational, dynamic housing solutions.

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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

How Colombia Reaps the Benefits of Affordable Housing

The global economy is in a state of disorder, the adverse effects of climate change have become palpable, and the...

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)...

Members

Arthur Acolin

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

Habib Hann

International Finance Corporation

David Smith

Affordable Housing Institute

Thandiwe Dhlamini

African Union for Housing Finance

Luis Triveño

World Bank

Marja Hoek-Smit

Housing Finance Information Network

Kecia Rust

Centre for Affordable Housing Finance in Africa

El-hadj Bah

African Development Bank

Rishi Chakraborty

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...

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