This session is part of the virtual discussion series “Housing Uncertainties, Financial Crisis, and Social Protections”, co-organized by
- Beirut Urban Lab (BUL)
- Habitat for Humanity Urban Housing Practitioners Hub MENA (UHPH-MENA)
- Habitat for Humanity Lebanon National Programme
- United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) Lebanon Country Programme
- Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC).
The virtual discussion series explored comparatively questions at the intersection of housing uncertainties and financial crises. The online event further probed the possibilities afforded by social protection schemes to respond to the increasingly dire living conditions of today’s urban majorities.
This third session consists of a panel discussion featuring
- Leilani Farha (Global Director, The Shift; and Former UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing)
- Solange Munoz (Assistant Professor of Geography, University of Tennessee – Knoxville)
- Nanor Karageozian (Urban Analysis and Policy Unit Manager, UN-Habitat Lebanon) as session chair and discussant.
