Housing Finance for Development: Mobilizing Global Investment in Affordable and Adequate Housing (4th PrepCom FfD4).
This side event will: • Explore the role of IFIs in financing different models of adequate and affordable housing production to cater to the diverse needs of urban populations, as well as infrastructure development. • Examine the financial and institutional challenges faced by governments in tackling the housing crisis. • Highlight local government-led innovative financing strategies, including land value capture (LVC), public-private partnerships (PPPs), and mortgage market expansion. • Identify successful financing mechanisms for community-led housing initiatives and small-scale and informal actors. • Showcase successful case studies of how local governments can be better enabled to provide a diverse range of housing solutions, including World Bank initiatives in developing countries. • Discuss strategies to strengthen local government capacity for effective housing initiatives. • Present an analysis of international development finance flows to housing over the last 10 years. Relate...