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Locate housing within urban areas
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Include housing in mixed urban use
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rich variety of urban uses,
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Economic opportunitie
Housing development creates jobs
and stimulates the economy
(production of building materials,
construction industry)
Include housing with mixed uses to
generate new jobs & income
generating opportunities,
Encourage the private sector to
invest in housing in mixed use area,
 CRITERIA
Economic opportunitie
Introduce urban agriculture for job
creation, food production and
security, improved environmental
qualities
Share land value to introduce
solutions to finance and cross
subsidize housing
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Social integration
Address social mobility through
improved tenure security of housing
units
Encouraging social interaction of
different income groups not
ghettos and gated communities,
Ensure that housing proposals are
gender responsive.
 CRITERIA
Environmental improvem
Achieve neighborhood
environmental sustainability,
Improve microclimate through
green architecture and planning
approaches
Improve microclimate through
vegetation preferably productive
urban agriculture as well as urban
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Produce housing through
partnerships will all key actors
including central and local
government, private sector, civil
society, professionals and
academia.
Encourage corporate social
responsibility to subsidize housing
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Governance and partnersh
Introduce academic social
responsibility whereby students,
recent graduates and academia
provide policy advice and technical
assistance to local and central
authorities and those involved in
housing for low income groups.
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Urban Revitalization
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Who is Eligible to
compete
The Competition is open to:
University students (graduate and
undergraduate)
Recent graduates (graduated after
December 31st, 2010)
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backgrounds in urban planning, architecture,
social sciences, economists, urban
agriculturalists, etc
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Institutions Ministry of Housing

Local and Owner or manager of
Municipality
central the housing stock
authorities Housing Companies

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Academia Think tank and research Best practice

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association
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Urban Revitalization
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Mass
Housing
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Expected
Outcomes
(Re)positioning housing within the global
contemporary debate
Critical outcomes include contributing to:
Rights-based, Gender-responsive, Results-based
National Strategies
Inclusive cities: access to adequate housing
Paradigm shift: housing as part of Urban Planning,
Systemic reforms promoted for improved quality of
life;
Linkages of housing with other parts of the economy
strengthened;
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PLACING HOUSING AT
THE CENTER
The GLOBAL HOUSING STRATEGY promotes a paradigm shift
to achieve adequate
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