U.S. Africa Collaborative Housing Exposition offers solutions to global affordable housing crisis

By Deborah BaileyAFRO Contributing Editordbailey@afro.com The U.S. Africa Collaborative recently held the 2024 Pan African City Exposition on the campus of Bowie State University. The international affordable housing symposium offered an exchange of ideas in search of solutions to the affordable housing crisis across the African Diaspora, with emphasis on Africa, the United States (U.S.) and the United Kingdom (UK).& lizabeth Glenn is founder of the U.S. Africa Collaborative, an international organization focused on equitable, sustainable housing across the diaspora. The Collaborative hosted the 2024 Pan African City Exposition at Bowie State University June 26-29. (Photo courtesy of University of Fort Hare)The Collaborative, organized by Maryland native and international housing advocate, Elizabeth Glenn, connects affordable housing advocates across the African Diaspora, from government officials, universities, nonprofits and community-based voices. Glenn, former deputy director of Baltimore County’s Department of Planning has worked on affordable housing issues in Ecuador, Türkiye, South Africa, Australia as well as the U.S.& “We operate based on the African Proverb that says ‘if you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.’& We are going together, and we are trying one step at a time to build bridges across the diaspora,”...