Category: MEEs

Essential actors in affordable housing delivery

13 October, 2009 (10:54) | Global news, Innovations, MEEs, Research, Theory, US News | No comments

By: David A. Smith
 
Last week in Washington, as part of the World Habitat Day activities, AHI – in partnership with the National Housing Conference as host and the Housing Partnership Network as a co-sponsor – issued and discussed the Extract of our report, Mission Entrepreneurial Entities: Essential Actors in Affordable Housing Delivery.
 

It’s all about [...]

AHI’s World Habitat Day Event: Essential Actors in Affordable Housing Delivery

28 September, 2009 (10:24) | Ecosystems, MEEs, Markets, Research, Theory, UN Habitat, World Habitat Day | No comments

By: David A. Smith
 
As part of the multi-day World Habitat Day activities, AHI, along with the National Housing Conference and the Housing Partnership Network, will be sponsoring a presentation and panel discussion on a topic that we think has great relevance, both in the Global South and back home in America.
 

Being hosted in Washington for [...]

Month in Review May 2009

2 July, 2009 (11:20) | AHI activities, Configuration, Housing, MEEs, Mobile homes, Month in review, Slums, Zoning and land use | No comments

[Previous Months In Review available here: Apr 09, Mar 09, Feb 09, Jan 09]

Though housing is the output of an enormously complex, ever-changing, hugely capitalized value chain, unlike other abstract capital-markets products like Credit Default Swaps, we all connect to it because we live in its [...]

What makes a good consultant? Part 2b, services and activities

27 May, 2009 (09:50) | AHI activities, Consulting, Essential posts, MEEs, Markets, Public-Private Partnerships, Theory, US News | No comments

[Continued from the previous Part 2a.]
[A previous trio, Part 1a , Part 1b , and Part 1c, covered the rules of engagement with clients.]
 
Holmes sat for some time in silent thought. He had lit the oldest and foulest of his pipes.“I am not clear yet what you want me to do in this matter, Mr. [...]

What makes a good consultant? Part 2a, services and activities

26 May, 2009 (09:22) | AHI activities, Consulting, Essential posts, MEEs, Markets, Public-Private Partnerships, Theory, US News | No comments

[Continued from the previous Part 1a, Part 1b, and Part 1c, which covered the rules of engagement with clients.]
 
The blog, Watson, is a most valuable institution, if you only know how to use it.
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons
 
In my three decades of experience accompanying my friend Sherlock Holmes, the world’s foremost consulting housing finance detective, [...]