The housing crisis is getting worse – how can we fix it? | World ...
Jun 16, 2022 · Housing is a basic human need. But a lack of affordable housing to buy or rent is fuelling a global housing crisis. By 2025, 1.6 billion people are expected to be affected by the global housing …
Here are five policies to help solve the global housing crisis
Mar 24, 2022 · The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated a worldwide housing shortage. There is an urgent need to boost housing production and affordability, otherwise the cost of inaction could result in a …
4 practical solutions to the world's spiraling housing crisis
Jun 10, 2024 · Around 1.6 billion people worldwide lack adequate housing – and this could rise to 3 billion by 2030. There are a number of practical initiatives happening right now to address the global …
These countries faced the biggest drop in housing prices | World ...
Mar 17, 2023 · Global housing markets are retreating after years of steady gains, says the IMF. Its Chart of the Week shows widespread declines in inflation-adjusted housing prices for two-thirds of OECD …
What caused the last housing boom? | World Economic Forum
Feb 27, 2015 · The Global Crisis precipitated the worst US recession since the Great Depression. The spectacular rise in house prices and household debt during the first half of the 2000s, which is …
The cost of housing is tearing our society apart
Jan 9, 2019 · Seventy years of consistent appreciation in housing values, combined with stagnant real wage growth, has caused a nationwide crisis of affordability in major cities, and an intensification of …
Most countries still see rise in house prices post-pandemic | World ...
Oct 22, 2021 · The majority of countries in the IMF's Global House Price Index saw a rise in house prices over the pandemic. Low interest rates and high demand are just a couple of reasons why …
What caused the US housing bubble? | World Economic Forum
May 29, 2015 · And low-credit borrowers increased their debt the most in areas that had the strongest housing price growth. Mian and Sufi interpret these results as supporting their hypothesis that rising …
10 ways cities are tackling the global affordable housing crisis
Jun 6, 2019 · The unprecedented rate of urbanization across the world has led to increased demand for good, affordable housing. A recent survey revealed that of 200 cities polled around the globe, 90% …
How Lisbon is tackling the affordable housing crisis
Feb 15, 2024 · Housing prices between 2012 and 2022 have increased by 120% in Lisbon, Portugal. The Portuguese capital has adopted a multi-dimensional approach of short-term solutions and long …