Jeff Risom

Jeff Risom | Urban Partners Copenhague, Denmark
Jeff Risom

Biography

Jeff Risom is an urban strategist working at the intersection of place, investment and large-scale urban transformation. He is Senior Advisor to Urban Partners, leading work on Place Value and Jernbanebyen in Copenhagen, and a Senior Fellow at the Lisbon Council. Previously, he spent 20+ years as Partner and Chief Innovation Officer at Gehl, helping grow the firm into a global consultancy and co-founding its US practice and Gehl Institute. He holds an MSc with Distinction in City Design and Social Science from LSE and a degree in Architectural Engineering from the University of Colorado.

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13:10h
Thematic Roundtable | | HOWS BARCELONA | Housing - Housing Regulation

How can we Finance Affordable Housing When Public Budgets are Never Enough?

Tanguy Desrousseaux
Tanguy Desrousseaux European Investment Bank Head of Housing, Cities & Regions Department, Project Directorate Speaker
Jordi Valls
Jordi Valls Ajuntament de Barcelona Deputy Mayor Speaker
Francesc Martí
Francesc Martí Specialist in Housing and Urban Innovation - Former Asst. Commissioner NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development Moderator
Jeff Risom
Jeff Risom Urban Partners Senior Advisor Speaker

#Housing Financialization, #Innovative Models of Collaboration, #Institutional Funds, #Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships, #Public-Private Partnerships, #Tax Incentives

2026-11-05 13:10 2026-11-05 14:00 Europe/Madrid How can we Finance Affordable Housing When Public Budgets are Never Enough?

Delivering affordable housing at scale requires more than political commitment. It demands financing models that can mobilise public and private capital at sufficient volume, distribute risk appropriately, and keep homes affordable over time. As public budgets alone are often insufficient, the session will focus on how cities, development banks and investment institutions can combine funds, guarantees, and public-private partnerships to make projects viable, manage risk, and ensure that investment supports long-term affordability rather than short-term market dynamics.

Stage: HOWS Barcelona
Thu 5
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