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Elizabeth Johnson on Fixing Sao Paolo's Housing Deficit

Elizabeth Johnson on Fixing Sao Paolo's Housing Deficit

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December 19, 202416m 58s

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As urbanization continues to grow worldwide, affordable housing is a rare commodity in many cities. Sao Paolo­, South America's biggest city, has gained over 2 million new residents in the past decade alone. Elizabeth Johnson heads Brazil research at TS Lombard and has been studying Sao Paolo's latest attempt at strengthening its housing strategy. In this podcast, Johnson says the city looked to its largely abandoned downtown core to address its housing woes.

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Read the article in Finance and Development: IMF.org/fandd