From Policy to Practice: Delivering Housing Solutions

Housing policies provide the framework for ensuring access to adequate, resilient, and affordable homes, but turning policy into action is often challenging. Barriers such as limited resources, coordination gaps, and implementation capacity can slow progress.

This session showcases practical examples of housing policies put into action, highlighting approaches that have successfully moved from legislation and strategy to tangible results on the ground.

Featured Practices:

• Melhorias; Brazil – São Paulo Metropolitan Housing Company
• The Evolution of Housing Policy in Bahrain; Bahrain – Ministry of Housing and Urban Planning
• Housing First Policy; Finland – Finnish Y-Foundation (Y-Säätiö)

Speakers:

• Juliana Rodrigues, Planning Advisor to the Presidency, Metropolitan Housing Company of São Paulo (COHAB-SP)
• Ameena Ahmed Majed, Chief. Organizational Excellence & Innovation, Ministry of Housing and Urban Planning Bahrain
• Juha Kahila, Head Of International Affairs, Y-Säätiö