Indian Housing Federation

Indian Housing Federation (IHF) is a Section 8 non-profit organisation that has accumulated over five years of grassroots experience and understanding Read more of the complex and diverse space of low-income housing in India. Incorporated in 2015, IHF was incubated at Ashoka – Innovators for the Public (a leading organisation in the field of social entrepreneurship) with a vision of reducing the inequalities faced by socially and economically weaker sections of society in India in accessing affordable and sustainable housing. IHF has been amongst other activities providing strategic and implementation support to the state governments of Assam, Haryana, Odisha and Tamil Nadu towards achieving the objective of “Housing for All” (HFA). Despite the best efforts of government and non-government players, both for-profits & non-profits, the housing need for low-income communities in India remains largely unaddressed, primarily due to the lack of communication and collaboration between various stakeholders working in silos within and across geographies, on piecemeal projects and initiatives. Hence, IHF is building a housing ecosystem to foster collaborations among varied stakeholders in the low-income housing space. The housing stakeholder platform, called the Platform for Universal Access to Housing in India (Platform-UnATHI) is envisioned to become a multi-stakeholder discussion, collaboration and action platform for inclusive and affordable housing, that will help build partnerships among government and non-government players, to create innovative solutions for low-income housing, by working together and learning from each other. The platform is expected to grow into a vibrant community focused on action and advocacy to enable solutions for low-income housing at scale. The evolution of Platform UnATHI will be driven through IHF Networks, which in turn will be supported through actionable intelligence from ongoing research under IHF Research and implementation work under IHF Engagements.