Guillermo Delgado

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Mextropoli festival panel discussion invite Mexico City Zaida Muxí Federico Taboada Rodrigo Rivero comuna hogar CDMX housing Cohousing cooperatives

This weekend I’ll be moderating a panel on cohousing and cooperative housing at Mextropoli festival in Mexico City; a convo we deem vital in turning housing into an engine for collective life

More info here: mextropoli.mx/programa/

What works for low-income households? Assessing the effectiveness of government housing projects in Namibia What homes are within reach for those on low incomes? The detailed project summarised here seeks to answer that question by delving into the options available to potential house self-builders, buyers ...

We did research on what works for the lowest income groups in Namibia to access housing. We believe this has lessons for other countries in Africa and the Global South. A summary of this work is in this blog post at @iied.bsky.social www.iied.org/what-works-f...

We also have an Instagram, where we will gradually upload some of the work we do: www.instagram.com/quiote_agenc...

For a while, Phillip Lühl and I have been operating as @quiote.bsky.social when doing projects, research and consulting, but it took a while to introduce ourselves on social media. Here we are: bsky.app/profile/quio...

Working from Mexico on a report on urban land financing in Namibia, my ChatGPT query threw a result referencing work we did at the Institute of Land, Livelihoods and Housing during the eight years I was there; a report on urban land delivery: illh.nust.na/sites/defaul...

A comparative analysis of the cost of alternative approaches to addressing housing need in Namibia - Guillermo Delgado, Diana Mitlin, Katrina Phiri, Anna Muller, 2025 Despite considerable housing deficits, particularly in Africa, and the prioritization of housing agendas by many governments, there is relatively little researc...

This is an important finding which we hope to disseminate further through shorter/popular releases soon. For now, our article is included in the new issue of Environment and Urbanization @iied.bsky.social and now available online (with limited access): journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...

Other mechanisms, such as greenfield development by social enterprises and state-led housing production also help; but they target higher and less numerous income groups, and have higher unit subsidies. Importantly, many subsidies and financial contributions are not explicit and/or are not tracked

We found that the only mechanism affordable to the lowest income groups is community-led in situ upgrading, with a component of sweat equity and a subsidy for infrastructure. Community-led housing construction under simliar conditions is suitable for those who are ready to undertake this commitment

Which are the most cost-effective measures in contexts where housing deficits are high? Diana Mitlin, Katrina Phiri, Anna Muller and I looked for an answer in Karibib, a town in Namibia where an opportunity for a “natural experiment” presented itself

The housing crisis is a long time in the making, which requires different tools than those implemented in the past. Without doubt, housing is a crucial field to understand the nature of transformations in Mexico today

We’re promoting a #cohousing project in Mexico City. Part life project, but also a continuation of a longstanding interest in housing. Yesterday, we held a small workshop in between the monthly gatherings we do to take us there 🚀

Today, social movements in Mexico City approved unanimously a citizen initiative of a Law for Housing Coops; another round of work starts now to get it passed, but this milestone is momentous

The first mission took place during the last two weeks. It focused on gathering insights on two key components of the new National Housing Policy approved by Cabinet last year; in which me and several dear colleagues were significantly involved.

Started an 18-month project with the Inclusive and Sustainable Urban Development (ISUD II) project of @giz.de and the Namibian government. With a stellar team, we will look at housing and urban policy. A summary of the project is online: integration.org?country=nami...

Mexico is arguably having a cooperativist momentum, including a (re-)emergence of housing coops. Last week, we spoke to Raul Valles about the Technical Assistance Institutes (IATs) in Uruguay, remarkable examples of state-supported yet independent multi-disciplinary technical support

Amazing to see the analytical and projective work of architecture students at @syracuseu.bsky.social on retrofitting Taobao Villages and “infrastructure villagism” in China. Thank you to my dear Joing Wu for the invitation to review and to Quanle Huang for the thoughtful comments

Tomorrow is the launch of the fourth issue of the Namibia Journal of Social Justice on Climate Justice and Resource Extractivism. I'm part of the editorial collective; and happy it features an article by a master student from KTH in Sweden I had the pleasure to co-supervise

The @barcelonacat.bsky.social cohousing model has positive effects in the physical, mental, emotional, and collective health of inhabitants. This is the evidence of a recent report of the Barcelona Public Health Agency. Some links to the articles in English here: www.linkedin.com/posts/guille...

A Forum for Analysis and Discussion of the Strategic Lines of Housing Policy and the Operating Rules of Mexico City's Housing Institute took place and I had the opportunity to present on the potential that housing cooperatives would have to mitigate the housing crisis and rebuild social fabric

As I arrived in Mexico City, I could see various transformations in the housing realm; I had questions about the governance of housing in this seeming transition. I wrote about this, based on my experience in Namibia, for Infonavit's magazine: revistavivienda.infonavit.org.mx/grupos-y-ter...

Greetings old and new colleagues. I created a link with some of the work I've done recently on housing, urban development, and informal settlement upgrading. I recently relocated from Namibia to Mexico, and it has taken time to restart; but we move forward ⚡ linktr.ee/gdelgadonamx