Dialogue among a panel of researchers, practitioners, policymakers and advocates will include barriers to passing and enacting zoning and other types of pro-housing reforms and strategies to overcome them.
A coalition of organizations, including Habitat for Humanity International, hosted a congressional briefing to encourage federal lawmakers to maintain funding for the HOME Investment Partnerships program, which is facing severe cuts.
Habitat will use the gift to address the global housing crisis at scale and advocate for systemic change needed to increase equitable access to affordable housing.
The grant will fund home builds, critical home repairs, and help address the historic gaps in Black homeownership.
The five-year campaign seeks policy changes at the local, national and global levels to increase access to adequate housing in informal settlements.