IIED's video: Housing justice securing affordable inner city homes through retrofitting

Securing adequate and affordable housing in inner-city areas is crucial for human health and wellbeing, as well as advancing cities’ decarbonisation targets. Civil society groups and networks globally have been calling for more supportive conditions to retrofit and refurbish inner-city buildings in ways that advance housing and climate justice. This event on 22 March 2024 explored how civil society can drive engagements to rehabilitate and manage buildings for low-income groups. It focused on experiences from Johannesburg (South Africa), São Paulo (Brazil) and London (United Kingdom), and the opportunities and constraints to put this agenda into practice. Speakers: 0:00 - Introduction 0:04 - Alexandre Apsan Frediani (moderator), principal researcher at IIED, specialising in issues around human development in cities of the global South 7:30 - Lauren Royston, director of Socio-Economic Rights Institute (SERI) 14:55 - Sifiso Mtimunye, project manager and technical specialist at 1to1 – Agency of Engagement, South Africa 18:05 - Ricardo Moretti, visiting professor at Universidade de Brasília and member of Labjuta (Laboratório de Justiça Territorial) of the Federal University of ABC, São Paulo, Brazil 23:10 - Saskia O'Hara, legal caseworker and community legal organiser at Public Interest Law Centre (PILC) 1:18:01 - Beatrice De Carli, reader of urbanism at London Metropolitan University and managing associate of ASF-UK This event was organised by the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), as part of its IIED Debates series. More information: https://www.iied.org/housing-justice-securing-affordable-inner-city-homes-through-retrofitting