From Data to Action: Affordable Housing at Speed

Hong Kong’s housing challenge extends beyond high prices. Improving access to affordable, well-located, liveable and sustainable homes requires coordinated action across land, planning, construction, finance, housing quality and public policy.

As a companion workshop to the earlier panel discussion, Affordable and Sustainable Housing at Speed, this interactive session will build on the issues raised earlier in the day and move from discussion to practical exploration. Drawing on the Urban Land Institute Asia Pacific Home Attainability Index 2026, participants will benchmark Hong Kong against more than 40 Asia Pacific cities and consider regional lessons for delivering more attainable housing.

Following a presentation of the latest ULI research, participants will join one of the facilitated roundtables to examine a particular bottleneck, such as: land allocation and supply planning; faster and more sustainable construction; the role of capital, and service gaps to support people’s transition through housing options, or collaboration and risk-sharing in supporting delivery at scale.

Participants will test assumptions and consider where perspectives converge or diverge. Is land the primary constraint, or are planning and approvals too slow? Can MiC and DfMA accelerate delivery? How can financing and risk allocation support investable projects without compromising affordability, quality, liveability or sustainability?

Bring your perspective. Participants from public sector, private development, construction, finance, academia and the non-profit sector are all welcome to share your practical experiences, challenge existing approaches and identify actions for the next three to five years. Insights will inform ULI Asia Pacific’s Thought Leadership Journal and help shape what the industry can implement next.

Session Learnings:

• Benchmark Hong Kong against regional housing markets.
• Identify delivery bottlenecks.
• Explore faster, greener construction.
• Examine innovative capital and risk-sharing models.
• Build on the panel discussion and translate key themes into practical actions.
• Identify practical actions for cross-sector collaborations.

Post-Event Actions:

• Identify and commit to one specific action — in design, procurement, construction methods, or financing — that your organisation can take to support faster delivery of affordable and sustainable housing in Hong Kong in the next 12 months
• Explore adoption of MiC, DfMA, or low-carbon construction methods in an upcoming project or procurement process
• Assess the applicability of green finance instruments — green bonds, sustainability-linked loans — to a real housing project or investment decision within your organisation
• Share HAI 2026 data and regional benchmarks internally to build awareness of Hong Kong’s housing challenge and the cross-sector response it requires