{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","title":"YIMBY goes global? How to build more houses in Africa","description":"Africa needs to house nearly a billion new urban residents by 2050. Who's going to build it – and how will it be paid for?\n\nKecia Rust joins the Ideas in Development series on cities to discuss the full housing delivery chain in Africa, the untapped potential of informal builders and rental markets, what micro-mortgages could unlock, and what it would actually take for African governments to go pro-housing.\n\nRead the show notes on our Substack: https://ideasindevelopment.substack.com/\n\nCheck out the Africa Urban Lab: https://www.aul.city/\n\nCheck out the Centre for Affordable Housing Finance in Africa: https://housingfinanceafrica.org/","author_name":"Ideas in Development","author_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/5165629-ideas-in-development","provider_name":"Audioboom","provider_url":"https://audioboom.com","width":480,"height":95,"thumbnail_url":"https://audioboom.com/i/43583993/600x600/c","thumbnail_width":600,"thumbnail_height":600,"html":""}