This week a a city planner helps us navigate the local systems behind housing and how neighborhoods are planned and how they shift. Iqbal Khaiy, a consultant and author in urban planning and wellness, she helps us navigate the difference between affordable housing and public housing and what communities can do to have a say in how their communities shift next.
As a native of Youssoufia, Morocco Iqbal won, at a tender age, a first of its kind scholarship to study architecture in Marrakesh, a UN Heritage Site. Living in one of the most significant imperial cities of the Kingdom of Morocco, Iqbal was exposed, mostly by bike, to the complexities of urban planning that spoke loudly about inequities in accessing housing, transportation, education and economic opportunity. Iqbal’s fascination with art, design, and urban planning brought her to the United States where she earned degrees in graphic design and multimedia as well as a Master’s degree in urban and regional planning from Virginia Tech. After few years practicing urban planning and learning about smart growth policy development and implementation at local and regional levels, Iqbal chose to focus on the wellness of communities and to write and consult about various issues pertaining spiritual, social, physical, economic and environmental aspects. Iqbal is a recipient of few awards including the Corcoran Junior Creative Award, and Virginia Tech’s 2011 Graduate Student Demonstrating The Ideals of Public Service and Social Justice.

Iqbal Khaiy's email: [email protected]

Originally aired on May 8, 2020

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