# Research Scholar Patrick Lamson-Hall comments on a new housing project in Ethiopia

1 School News December 4, 2017 ![Guardian logo ](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_030939.jpg?itok=g7FgVwid)>

Excerpt from [The Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2017/dec/04/addis-ababa-ethiopia-redesign-housing-project) -- "Financed entirely by public resources and without the support of foreign donors, the condominium programme has, however, won its fair share of plaudits. 'It represents a commitment to social housing that is rarely seen in Africa,' says Patrick Lamson-Hall of New York University."

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