In early September, Christine Whitehead and Melissa Fernandez Arrigiotia travelled to Brazil as part of the first stage of dialogues between experts on social housing finance in the EU and in Brazil. This visit is the first of a series of events that will allow for an exchange of ideas and debate regarding social housing finance policy between Brazil and countries within the EU. On 2 September in São Paulo, Professor Whitehead presented a lecture on the financing and subsidy policy of social housing.

Attendants included:

Inês Magalhães, National Housing Secretary, Ministry of Cities, Brazil
Júnia Santa Rosa, Director of the Department of Institutional Development and Technical Cooperation, Ministry of Cities, Brazil
Anaclaudia Rossbach, Cities Alliance Regional Director for Latin America and Caribbean
Fernando Garcia, Doctor in Economy from USP and Consultant for the Minsitry of Cities, Brazil
Christine Whitehead, LSE London

4 September 2014: First Workshop of the Sector Dialogues, EU-Brazil: Comparative Analysis of the Financing and Subsidy Policy on Social Housing: European Union - Brazil

On 4 September, the first workshop of the sector dialogue was held in Brasilia. This workshop, attended by representatives from LSE London and the Brazilian Ministry of Cities, centred on a discussion of the main challenges faced by Brazil's government in financing social housing and an overview of European financing models presented by Christine Whitehead.

Attendants included:

Inês Magalhães, National Housing Secretary, Ministry of Cities, Brazil
Júnia Santa Rosa, Director of the Department of Institutional Development and Technical Cooperation, Ministry of Cities, Brazil
Nelson Teixeira, National Housing Secretariat Advisor, Ministry of Cities
Fernando Garcia, Doctor in Economy from USP and Consultant for the Minsitry of Cities, Brazil
Christine Whitehead, LSE London

The programme of the workshop can be accessed here|.

The press release regarding this first stage of dialogue events can be accessed here|.

London: 24-25 September 2014

25 September 2014: Brazil-EU Dialogue seminar on low income housing finance and subsidies

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LSE hosted second stage of the Brazil-EU dialogue series on 25 September 2014. This conference brought together representatives from LSE London, Brazil's Ministry of Cities, and experts on social housing finance from Portugal, France, the Netherlands, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK.

Attendees included:

Júnia Santa Rosa, Director of the Department of Institutional Development and Technical Cooperation, Ministry of Cities, Brazil
Anaclaudia Rossbach, Cities Alliance Regional Director for Latin America and Caribbean
Fernando Garcia, Doctor in Economy from USP and Consultant for the Minsitry of Cities, Brazil
Marietta Haffner, The Netherlands, University of Delft
Thomas Knorr Siedow, Germany, UrbanPlus
Baralides Alberdi, Spain, Consultant
Jean-Pierre Schaefer, France, Conseil National des Villes
Teresio Poggio, Italy, Bozen-Bolzano Universitat
Romana Xerez, Portugal, ISCSP-University of Lisbon
Michael Oxley, England, CCHPR, University of Cambridge
Mark Stephens, Scotland, Heriot Watt University
Christine Whitehead, LSE London
Kath Scanlon, LSE London
Melissa Fernandez Arrigiotia, LSE London

The programme of the seminar can be accessed here. |

Presentations:

Christine Whitehead, Housing Finance and Subsidies: Reflections on Brazil|

Júnia Santa Rosa, Policies of Housing Finance and Subsidies in Brazil|

Dr. Fernando Garcia, The Structure of Housing Finance and the Subsidies Policy in Brazil|

Marietta Haffner, The Dutch Business Model in Social Renting|

Thomas Knorr-Siedow, Social Housing Germany: Experiences and Current Issues|

Baralides Alberdi: Social Housing in Spain|

Romana Xerez, Low Income Housing Finance and Subsidies: The Case of Portugal|

If you would like more information on the project, please contact Lselondon@lse.ac.uk|.

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