Addressing displacement: US cities offer displaced Black families the “right to return”
CAREY L BIRON, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how housing initiatives in Santa Monica and other US cities are redressing historical wrongs…
Wow!: India’s first 3D-printed home offers affordable housing “solution”
RINA CHANDRAN, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports from India on on how manufacturers of 3D-printed homes hope to help solve India’s housing shortage…
POSTCARDS: BRICK BY BRICK, GREEN HOMES BUILD COHESION BETWEEN SYRIAN REFUGEES AND JORDANIANS
ADELA SULIMAN, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports from Jordan on how a project to create affordable green homes is helping to strengthen relationships between Syrian refiugees and locals…
Microfinance could help African cities solve housing crisis, say experts
Thomson Reuters Foundation Granting small loans to help low earners in Africa’s rapidly growing cities build their own homes could help solve a looming housing crisis, experts said on Thursday. About 40 per cent of Africa’s one billion people already live in towns and cities and the World Bank predicts the urban population will double […]
HOUSING: WITH COMMUNITY LOANS, MANILA SLUM DWELLERS BUILD HOMES
RINA CHANDRAN, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how communities in The Philippines are finding solutions to accommodation shortfalls…
THE INTERVIEW: FORMER US PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER TALKS ABOUT HIS NEW BOOK, ‘FAITH’
Former US President – and high profile Christian – Jimmy Carter talks to ADELLE M BANKS, of Religion News Service, about his latest book, Faith…