How Housing For Everyone Creates Thriving Communities For All | Carla Guerrera | TEDxSurrey 

Building healthy communities with housing for everyone, everywhere is essential to well-being and happiness of all of us. It all starts with refocusing on housing as a fundamental human need, and not a commodity. Through showcasing innovative models and examples of housing delivery, Carla Guerrera shares how we can achieve this through her own journey, experience and vision of healthy, complete communities where everyone can thrive. In this inspiring talk audiences will be invited to shift their thinking about housing as a fundamental human need, and envision the future with healthy and complete communities with housing for everyone, and the role that each of us can play in creating this reality our very own communities. As a globally recognized real estate developer, Carla has delivered over $1B in mixed-use real estate development across Canada’s top markets. She combines urban planning, sustainability and real estate development to create communities that benefit people and the planet, while ensuring financial viability. As the CEO of Purpose Driven Development, she believes that real estate development, when done well, is one of the most powerful tools to transform the way we live, work and thrive in our communities. Having worked in housing delivery from private sector, government, and non-profit Carla has a unique understanding of what it takes for successful affordable housing delivery. Purpose Driven Development works with non-profits, First Nations, investors and governments, to bring a proven approach to unlocking successful development to create communities where everyone can thrive. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx