Access to safe and affordable housing is a fundamental human right. But unfortunately, it is not enjoyed equally by all members of society. Women in particular face significant barriers to accessing housing finance. This can have a range of negative impacts on their lives. In honor of International Women’s Day this year, the Way Forward Housing Coalition (WHFC) recently held …
Manoj Sharma, ADB’s Chief of Urban Sector Group, SDGs and Climate Change Development, exclaimed that the ADB’s 1st Asia Pacific Housing Conference (AHC 2022) has “woken a sleeping giant”! He was referring to the renewed strategic attention that ADB has committed itself to in the housing sector. There are several myths and metaphors of a sleeping giant: Japanese Admiral Yamamoto …
A market price reflects the interplay between demand for the product concerned and its supply. The housing market is no different. Changes in the price of accommodation in a particular country can be due to any number of developments on either (or both) the demand or supply sides of the housing market. Tracking these prices using the currency of the …
