With more than one billion people around the world living in slums, and half a million new people arriving to slums every week, the global housing crisis is a problem neither the public nor citizen nor private sector can fix alone. For this reason, Ashoka’s Full Economic Citizenship initiative (FEC) is promoting a new way of thinking about housing for the poor and seeking to transform the housing industry to benefit low-income communities. Through its Housing for All program supported by the Hilti Foundation, and in collaboration with its community of leading social entrepreneurs, FEC is fostering innovative business models with business and citizen sector partners. To commemorate World Habitat Day 2008, Ashoka recognizes our Fellows who are working to provide the basic right to adequate shelter for all. The ground-breaking approaches and relentless commitment from these social entrepreneurs is creating a more just and prosperous world for all.