8th India Housing Forum
23rd & 24th November 2021
Reshaping Inclusive Growth Through Housing
For the last 6 years, the India Housing Forum has gathered major stakeholders engaged in seeking solutions to affordable housing issues under one roof, to promote decent housing as a driver of economic growth. Since the inaugural conference in 2015, the forum has witnessed delegates from the Government, private and development sector who have not only shared common ground, but also presented diverse views through insightful plenaries and engaging tracks.
The objective of the forum is to build collaboration to impact cost effective housing sector in India and contribute to the Government of India’s vision of ‘Housing for All’. It also aims to recognize and act on the importance of housing as a driver of inclusion, resilience and sustainability in human settlements, and promote leaders and sector players in innovative and high impact housing initiatives through the sharing of best practices.
On25th and 26th March 2021, India Housing Forum – The Andhra Pradesh Chapter was held at Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh. This regional event set the stage for India Housing Forum 8 and brought about collaboration of active players in the housing eco-system to tackle the issue of substandard housing.
The India Housing Forum to be held in Delhi in November 2021, is a lead-in event of the eighth Asia-Pacific Housing Forum. Held in conjunction with the Asia-Pacific Housing Forum, it is part of Habitat for Humanity Global Housing Forum hosted as a series of Regional Forums starting in Latin America and the Caribbean, Europe and Eastern Europe, Africa and the Middle East and the Asia Pacific region.
“We encourage the private and the public sector to join Habitat for Humanity’s Asia Pacific Housing Forum and help in realizing the goal of Housing for All by 2022.”- Rajiv Ranjan Mishra, Additional Secretary,Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Government of India
“Housing is one of the most important sources of wealth creation available to the people in need.We look forward to our continued engagement with Habitat for Humanity with an aim to build a better India.” - Renu Sud Karnad, Managing Director, Housing Development Finance Corporation Limited (HDFC)