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Our mission is to help pro-poor innovators build healthy housing ecosystems worldwide, with an emphasis on the Global South.

We do this through Research that inspires practical and actionable outcomes, Education that informs and equips change makers, and Consulting that leads to both local innovation and transferable models. More

 

 

AHI IN INDIA CONFERENCES

AHI's David Smith was invited to present at two conferences occurring in India in January 2010.

1. Conference on Affordable Housing and Housing Finance & Formal Launch of e-Platform “South Asia Housing Finance Forum” (SAHF) Site.
January 27-28, 2010 in New Delhi.
Convened by the National Housing Bank & International Finance Corporation. David spoke about Formalizing the informal slum and also explained AHI's concept of Home Asset Finance. All presentations are available at: http://www.nhb.org.in/SAHF/SAHF_index.php

2. International Workshop on scaling up Upgrading and Affordable Housing: From National Policies, to State Programs, and City-Wide Slum-Free Interventions
January 29-30, 2010, Udaipur.
Convened by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation, with support of Cities Alliance, World Bank, and World Bank Institute. In his talk Formalizing the informal slum (v0.4) he discussed resolving facts on the ground with prevailing law.

 

 

AHI's MEE STUDY PUBLISHED

January 6, 2010   

The Affordable Housing Institute (AHI) today published its landmark study, Mission Entrepreneurial Entities (MEEs): Essential Actors in Affordable Housing Delivery,  which calls out these entities as a distinctive type of non-governmental organization, examines their characteristics, and highlights MEEs' importance as change-makers. Using extensive case analysis of US and UK MEEs, it develops a theory of what makes successful MEEs or puts this 'keystone species' at risk, in which environments MEEs can flourish, and where lie today's challenges and opportunities.

These insights apply not just in the US and UK but around the world, including the Global South, and point the way for reordering resource priorities. More here.

Mission Entrepreneurial Entities: Essential Actors in Affordable Housing Delivery

Raymond Christman, Gaynor Asquith, and David A. Smith.
Affordable Housing Institute, 2010,
Paperback, ISBN: 978-0-615-34547-5
11 in (279 mm) x 8.5 in (216 mm), 257 pages

The report is available in electronic format or hard copy. To receive your copy, please see here. Click on image to enlarge

 

 

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