Addressing the Global Housing Crisis with Empathy ft. Isabel Engels Purposeful Empathy

Watch this episode to learn why affordable housing is a human rights issue that deserves our urgent attention.   Isabel Engels is a Director at Auxilium Property Management, an organization in the UK that provides high-quality and sustainable social housing. In this episode, she describes how building a dozen homes in a Brazilian favela changed her life. She also explains why the global housing crisis is an urgent priority to fight poverty.     00:00 Introduction  00:23 About Isabel Engels  03:13 What is the connection between housing and poverty alleviation?  05:21 The housing crisis in the UK  07:24 Isabel’s experience working in a Brazilian favela  11:57 Isabel’s move to London after graduating at McGill  15:29 Why home ownership is so important  18:12 What does Auxilium Property Management do?  22:33 Why social entrepreneurs need to care about both the business and the impact  23:40 What role does empathy play in affordable housing?  27:01 Putting yourself out there and finding your true calling   30:50 Isabel Engel’s Purposeful Empathy story    CONNECT WITH Isabel Engels   ✩ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/isabelengels/ ✩ KIS Sourcing Websitehttps://kisourcing.co.uk/   ✩ Auxilium Property Management Website https://auxpm.co.uk/  CONNECT WITH ANITA  ✩ Email [email protected]    ✩ Website https://www.anitanowak.com/    ✩ LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/in/anitanowak  ✩ Instagram https://tinyurl.com/anitanowakinstagram ✩ Twitter https://twitter.com/anitanowak21 ✩ Facebook Page https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyFacebook ✩ Facebook Group https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyCommunity ✩ Podcast Audio https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyPodcast  This episode was brought to you by Grand Heron International    REACH THEM AT  ✩ Website www.grandheroninternational.ca; www.ghi.coach  ✩ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/grand-heron-international/ ✩ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/grandheroninternational/ ✩ Instagram @Grand_Heron_International  ✩ Twitter @GrandHeronIntl ✩ https://twitter.com/GrandHeronIntl  Video edited by David Tsvariani