About the hub
What is the hub?
The Hub for Housing Justice is a collaborative initiative that aims to transform housing systems by promoting anti-discriminatory, radically democratic, sustainable and caring housing futures.
The hub’s goal is to strengthen the capacity of civil society groups and their networks to influence policymaking, seeking to:
Promote more just and sustainable housing conditions for the world’s majority
Reduce poverty and discrimination
Recognise the needs of migrants and marginalised groups, and
Make communities more resilient to the effects of climate change.
What we do
The Hub for Housing Justice is led by a group of civil society and research organisations that work together to:
Co-design and frame housing justice agendas, by promoting knowledge production and exchanges to generate ideas and strategies that advance housing justice.
Curate and share resources related to housing justice, by identifying and mobilising initiatives, publications and activities to amplify housing justice efforts.
Synchronise and align advocacy efforts and voices to promote housing justice, by strategising, convening and acting together in a range of different international processes and spaces.
Facilitate opportunities for learning, exchanges and action, by promoting grounded activities carried out by the hub’s partners across different contexts and localities.
Who we are
The hub’s partners
The Hub for Housing Justice is a collaboration between the following institutions and networks:
Steering group
Alexandre Apsan Frediani
Principal Researcher at the International Institute of Environment and Development (IIED), where he co-convenes the Housing Justice work.
Camila Cociña
Researcher at the International Institute of Environment and Development (IIED), where she co-convenes the Housing Justice work.
Paula Sevilla Núñez
Researcher at the International Institute of Environment and Development (IIED).
Beth Chitekwe-Biti
Director at the Slum Dwellers International (SDI) Secretariat.
Yolande Hendler
Secretary General of the Habitat International Coalition (HIC).
Lajana Manandhar
Coordinator at the Asian Coalition for Housing Rights (ACHR) and Executive Director at LUMANTI Support Group for Shelter.
Lorena Zarate
Co-founder and member of the support team of the Global Platform for the Right to the City.
Yiorgos Papamanousakis
Programme Lead for the Global Community Led Housing programme at World Habitat.
Gautam Bhan
Associate dean and senior lead of Academics & Research at the Indian Institute for Human Settlements (IIHS).
Adriana Allen
Professor of Development Planning and Urban Sustainability at The Bartlett Development Planning Unit, UCL.
Stephanie Butcher
Lecturer in Global Sustainable Development in the Department of Geography at Sheffield University.
Nick Budlender
Urban policy researcher and activist from Cape Town, focused on the delivery of affordable housing.
Rodrigo Faria G. Iacovini
Executive director of Instituto Polis, and coordinator of the Citizenry School in Polis.
Nadine Bekdache
Co-director and Head of Communication and Design Unit, Public Works Studio, and member of Housing Justice Network.
Secretariat
The activities of the hub are coordinated by a secretariat convened by the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), and supported by an extended team from the hub’s partner organisations.
Key allies
The hub collaborates with several organisations that are committed to advancing housing justice through their work. These organisations include:
- African Cities Research Consortium (ACRC)
- Architecture Sans Frontieres UK (ASF-UK)
- Cities Alliance
- CODOHSAPA
- Dialogue on Shelter for the Homeless in Zimbabwe Trust
- Habitat for Humanity International
- Hunnarshala/Aabhat
- Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies (HIS)
- Justice & Empowerment Initiative (JEI)
- Lumanti Support Group for Shelter
- Socio-Economic Rights Institute of South Africa (SERI)
- Sierra Leone Urban Research Centre (SLURC)
- United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG)
- União dos Movimentos de Moradia – São Paulo (UMM-SP)
- UN-Habitat
- urbaMonde