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Xrbia launches a new advertising campaign 'buying a house matters'.
About Karyn Pearl
The campaign is an endeavor to reiterate the fact that owning a house not only benefits families but also enables in building strong communities.In addition to its functional importance and economic value, homeownership has traditionally conveyed social status and political standing. |
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The Paradigm Shifts in Affordable Housing
About Nishant Gupta
Architect Nishant Gupta works closely with Architect Hafeez Contractor, and has contributed greatly to the conceptualization of the Compact House design model used for Xrbia. |
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Kolkata
About Souradeep Banerjee
Born in kokata(1992) , schooling in delhi and currently studying economics at st.xavier’s collge, mumbai. souradeep has a keen interest in politics analysing its relationship with other economic and social entities. |
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Why They Never Fall?
About Sujan Bandhyopadhyay
Sujan is currently pursuing his Bachelor’s Degree in Economics at St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai. Filled with a passionate desire to make a change, he hopes to work in the field of policy making in the future. His is deeply interested in the fields of economics and politics. |
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Housing Microfinance in urban areas
About Amruta Ghare
Amruta is a 19-year-old student of St. Xavier's College, Mumbai, currently studying Economics and Statistics. She is passionate about all things political and social. She is an amateur psephologist when not being an armchair economist. Her interests include reading (from anything to everything), solving random mathematical/logic-based problems and roaming about in the narrow gallis of the city. She aspires to work in the field of public policy in the future. |
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Urban Land Issues as Highlighted by Simpreet Singh
About Vinay Madhava Menon
Vinay hails from Cochin, Kerala and is a final year student of economics at St. Xavier's College, Mumbai. He is passionate about economic and political issues and aspires to be a policy maker. He blogs at whattomakeofit-vinay.blogspot.com. |
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The Periurban Condition
About Proshant Chakraborty
Currently a student of sociology and anthropology at St. Xavier's college, he work as an independent researcher (monitoring and evaluation) for the Mumbai Dist. AIDS Control Society and other allied public health projects in and around the Mumbai area. An avid reader, he loves good fiction; writing is a hobby he is passionate about. Part-time comic book geek, part-time aspiring anthropologist, full-time Batman fan; mostly trying to blend cynicism with critical social theory. |
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A House for Every Indian seeks Thought LeadershipA House for Every Indian seeks to address India's housing problems using what the brightest minds of India have to offer in terms of thought leadership. With a range of competitions, blogs, forums, group discussions, and research papers we aim to bring the pertinent issue of affordable housing to the forefront of social discourse.
Affordable Housing: A Pressing ProblemHousing has become a relevant issue in India today where the population is 1,224,615,000 and rising. With increasing urbanization, it is estimated that by 2030, 70% of India's population will be living in cities. There is already a shortage of 25 - 70 million dwelling units. More people are forced to live in slums amid squalor and in sub-human conditions, with no electricity, drinking water, sanitation, ventilation etc. Hence the issue of housing, and moreover affordable housing, is immensely pertinent.
Our GoalsA House for Every Indian aspires to facilitate collaboration between public and private sectors and the brightest minds of our time in order to build affordable and sustainable housing for every Indian. We aim to bring the problem of insufficient affordable housing into public consciousness and urge intellectual and social movement in this direction. Ultimately, we intend to galvanize the collective Indian mind and draw attention to the hard reality of the struggles of the poor.
The Mind behind A House for Every IndianHafeez Contractor, one of modern India's most renowned and respected architects has launched this project in an effort to see a substantial change in the housing fabric of the nation. He did his Graduate Diploma in architecture from Mumbai in 1975 and completed his graduation from Columbia University New York (USA). His firm has conceptualized, designed and executed a wide and extensive range of architectural projects. Hafeez Contractor has now decided to turn his attention to the issue of affordable housing.
Looking AheadThere is a lot that can be done. A House for Every Indian hopes that the thought leadership and collaboration of today will lead to a better, more prosperous tomorrow where there will be affordable and sustainable housing for everyone. Cities need to be given a face-lift and move from horizontal to vertical development. The housing issue in India is one that affects all its citizens. The time has come to revolutionize this sector. Let's build A House For Every Indian!
