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/ 





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Email purposefulempathy@gmail.com   


Website https://www.anitanowak.com/   


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Twitter https://twitter.com/anitanowak21


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Video edited by David Tsvariani