The Housing Challenge: Climate, Economy, and Equity
The global housing crisis has reached an inflection point. From Los Angeles to Lagos, London to Lisbon, billions face the same dilemma too few affordable homes, too many expensive ones, and a widening gap between policy ambition and reality.
According to the UN, more than 2.8 billion people worldwide lack access to adequate housing. Yet the issue is not just scarcity; it’s a mismatch. Homes are often built where demand is weakest, while those most in need are priced out of opportunity-rich cities.
This Entrepreneurs Cirque feature examines how structural inequality, speculative investment, and policy inertia created a global housing emergency and why the solution lies not in building more homes, but in building the right ones.