UN Day 2020

Global Strategies for Sustainable Workforce Housing: Innovative Solutions to Win the War Against Poverty, Healthcare & Crisis.

Run of Show

Commencement of Program

Welcome & Introductions: Owen Gwyn, GHF Chairman

Global Housing Foundation Overview: Sharon Young, GHF President

The History of Global Housing Foundation: Debbie Petersen, Colette Fraenkel, Robyn Frank

Speakers

Zaigham Mahmood Rizvi
Chairman, Naya Pakistan Housing Program
Building a Global Future: Affordable Housing Challenges, Issues and Possible Answers, Supply-Side and Finance-Side

Chris Herbert
Managing Director, Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University
The Effects of COVID on Housing for America’s Most Vulnerable Workers

Ralph Winnie, Jr.
Vice President, Global Business Development at the Eurasian Business Coalition & Director of The Eurasia Center’s China Program
& Partner of Henson, Pang and Winnie, International Law Firm and Consulting Group, Washington, DC and China
Workforce Housing in Eastern Europe and Central Asia

Lutine de Boer
Regional Program Manager Housing, Region Alkmaar (part of Holland Boven Amsterdam)
Housing Challenges in North Holland

Katherine Shahani
Director, Grupo Shahani (Panama)
& Advisor, Global Housing Foundation
Workforce Housing: Strengthening Hope on a Global Basis

Christopher Lee
President, Design Associates Architects
& Director, Global Housing Foundation
Solving the Global Workforce Housing Challenge with Disruptive Solutions

Questions & Answers

Introduction of Global Housing Network

Owen Gwyn

Conclusion of Program

Workforce Housing Has Never Been More Important

Not only should everybody have a place to shelter when disaster strikes, but access to housing permeates far beyond first-order problems.

Public health issues arise from increased risk of disease spread, mental health issues become commonplace, and healthy economies require their workforce to be motivated and productive.

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