SA needs some rethink on its low income/affordable housing delivery. Just some of the issues and challenges that we face include:
 
- massive demand, charter commitments and backlogs
- debates around “Social Inclusive Housing” and the “PIE Act”
- a context of “dysfunctional township housing markets”…

Strategic Executive Programs is proud to announce that it has arranged a three day workshop on various aspects of affordable low cost housing – a vital area of interest and concern in South Africa today. This workshop will be held in Johannesburg from the 23rd to the 25th of May 2007.

The workshop is being presented by Dr M Kabir Hassan who is a professor in finance and economics at the University of New Orleans and a visiting professor at Drexel University in Philadelphia both in the USA. Offering vast global experience, he is originally from Bangladesh and is an expert on developing economies with regard to public enterprises and privatization issues particularly those involving the financial sector.

He travels widely throughout the world delivering lectures and holding workshops on housing finance and other topics. He has published 5 books and over 70 articles in various professional journals. In addition to this he has presented over 100 research papers to professional conferences in many countries around the world.

He is an advisor to the World Bank, the IMF, USAID, IDB, the Government of Bangladesh and other notable entities on financial sector reform in developing countries.

The workshop will provide attendees with an in-depth understanding of housing finance and how government policies affect affordable housing. Topics covered will include the key pillars of mortgage financing, understanding the ways in which national, provincial and local government regulations, subsidies and other policies impact on housing and exploring practical aspects of community housing and economic development.