THE MOVEMENT FOR IMPROVING ACCESS TO HOUSING
Welcome to the in-person and digital forum where we will tackle the barriers to accessing housing beyond architecture in conjunction with global experts.
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DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE CHALLENGES ARE WITH ACCESSING HOUSING?
of the global population
live in inadequate, overcrowded and unsafe homes
Only
13%
of cities around the world
have affordable homes
Homeowners with mortgages spend
+40%of their income
on housing in OECD countries
Renters spend
+25%of their monthly income
on rent in OECD countries
In addition to being a right, affordable housing is a real, global and urgent challenge.
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AHA FORUM 2022
IN SEARCH OF REAL, GLOBAL AND URGENT SOLUTIONS
The event’s mission is to create global networks and alliances with a view to foster international coordination. We have set the following objectives to achieve this.
Create a knowledge base
through experts in different disciplines
Identify problems and good practices
around the world
Put realistic and viable solutions into action
Define the lines of action
for the long term
Focus on the climate emergency and other crisesaround the world
Collaborative, innovative, modern and paradigmatic
JOIN IN THE MOVEMENT WITH OUR SIDE EVENTS
AHA will have different events running in parallel around the world starting in January 2022 dealing with the issues related to affordable housing, which will be open to any companies and organisations that wish to join in.
Would you like to organise a Side Event? Get in touch with us and tell us about your idea. Together we can be part of something special!
STAY UP TO DATE
Revolutionary voices in housing, then and now
Inspirational talks by individuals and groups committed to designing, delivering and providing radical and ambitious social housing. Event of RIBA’s Becontree centenary programme.
18 January 2022, 7pm to 8.30pm
Side event
Interdisciplinary event on housing affordability in Turkey
The Istanbul Chamber of Architects is organizing a side event focusing on the multidimensional problems in the field of housing on January 5-6 of 2022.
Side event
Institutional Presentation AHA International UIA Forum 2022
Architects promote global debate on access to decent and adequate housing in Madrid, May 2022.
International Debate
Affordable Housing webinar: first roundtable under the Affordable Housing Activation International Forum umbrella. 15 December 2021 at 14:00 – 16:00 CET
Keynote speakers: Balkrishna Vithaldas Doshi, Architect, 2018 Pritzker Prize winner, India; Sara Topelson de Grinberg, Grinberg & Topelson Arquitectos, Mexico
Side event
The institutional committee of the UIA FORUM 2022 is constituted.
The committee is formed by representatives of the UIA, CSCAE, Spanish Government, Regional Government of Madrid, Madrid City Council, UN-Habitat and COAM.
Institutional Committee
Madrid will host the International Union of Architects Forum in 2022
Madrid’s candidature, promoted by CSCAE and endorsed by the Government, the Regional Government of Madrid, and the Madrid City Council, wins over Riyadh at the UIA General Assembly in Baku
International DebateWANT TO KNOW MORE?
You will find all of the details about the AHA Madrid Forum, both in-person and digital, in our information pack.
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UIA international forumMadrid 18/20 May 2022