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Global Housing Foundation was launched in 1999 when its founder, René Frank,
took up a challenge from the United Nations Commission on Human Settlements (UNCHS) as to why the private real estate industry did not do more to help solve housing crises around the world.
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In developing nations ... |
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One out of every four households lives
in poverty, or 1,200,000,000 people
Households need an average of 8 to 12.5
times their annual income to buy a house
5.8% of children die before the age of
five years
Less than 20% of households are connected to piped water
Lack of available sanitary drinking water is one of the world's biggest health crises
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