Hopeful and encouraging for continuing this work

This weekend I’ll be moderating a panel on cohousing and cooperative housing at Mextropoli festival in Mexico City; a convo we deem vital in turning housing into an engine for collective life More info here: mextropoli.mx/programa/

We did research on what works for the lowest income groups in Namibia to access housing. We believe this has lessons for other countries in Africa and the Global South. A summary of this work is in this blog post at @iied.bsky.social www.iied.org/what-works-f...

For a while, Phillip Lühl and I have been operating as @quiote.bsky.social when doing projects, research and consulting, but it took a while to introduce ourselves on social media. Here we are: bsky.app/profile/quio...

Working from Mexico on a report on urban land financing in Namibia, my ChatGPT query threw a result referencing work we did at the Institute of Land, Livelihoods and Housing during the eight years I was there; a report on urban land delivery: illh.nust.na/sites/defaul...

Which are the most cost-effective measures in contexts where housing deficits are high? Diana Mitlin, Katrina Phiri, Anna Muller and I looked for an answer in Karibib, a town in Namibia where an opportunity for a “natural experiment” presented itself

The housing crisis is a long time in the making, which requires different tools than those implemented in the past. Without doubt, housing is a crucial field to understand the nature of transformations in Mexico today

We’re promoting a #cohousing project in Mexico City. Part life project, but also a continuation of a longstanding interest in housing. Yesterday, we held a small workshop in between the monthly gatherings we do to take us there 🚀

Today, social movements in Mexico City approved unanimously a citizen initiative of a Law for Housing Coops; another round of work starts now to get it passed, but this milestone is momentous

Started an 18-month project with the Inclusive and Sustainable Urban Development (ISUD II) project of @giz.de and the Namibian government. With a stellar team, we will look at housing and urban policy. A summary of the project is online: integration.org?country=nami...

Mexico is arguably having a cooperativist momentum, including a (re-)emergence of housing coops. Last week, we spoke to Raul Valles about the Technical Assistance Institutes (IATs) in Uruguay, remarkable examples of state-supported yet independent multi-disciplinary technical support

Amazing to see the analytical and projective work of architecture students at @syracuseu.bsky.social on retrofitting Taobao Villages and “infrastructure villagism” in China. Thank you to my dear Joing Wu for the invitation to review and to Quanle Huang for the thoughtful comments

Tomorrow is the launch of the fourth issue of the Namibia Journal of Social Justice on Climate Justice and Resource Extractivism. I'm part of the editorial collective; and happy it features an article by a master student from KTH in Sweden I had the pleasure to co-supervise

The @barcelonacat.bsky.social cohousing model has positive effects in the physical, mental, emotional, and collective health of inhabitants. This is the evidence of a recent report of the Barcelona Public Health Agency. Some links to the articles in English here: www.linkedin.com/posts/guille...

A Forum for Analysis and Discussion of the Strategic Lines of Housing Policy and the Operating Rules of Mexico City's Housing Institute took place and I had the opportunity to present on the potential that housing cooperatives would have to mitigate the housing crisis and rebuild social fabric

As I arrived in Mexico City, I could see various transformations in the housing realm; I had questions about the governance of housing in this seeming transition. I wrote about this, based on my experience in Namibia, for Infonavit's magazine: revistavivienda.infonavit.org.mx/grupos-y-ter...

Greetings old and new colleagues. I created a link with some of the work I've done recently on housing, urban development, and informal settlement upgrading. I recently relocated from Namibia to Mexico, and it has taken time to restart; but we move forward ⚡ linktr.ee/gdelgadonamx