The UN India Business Forum thematic group on Affordable Housing identified innovation in design, financing, and construction for smart and sustainable housing, and strengthening opportunities for business engagement in policy frameworks, as its two core priorities.The group’s members from businesses and think tanks also identified a set of core strategies: piloting models of public-private partnerships in affordable housing, collaborating to create and scale up smart housing prototypes,  exploring convergence between housing, energy, and water supply to create holistic housing solutions, and promoting schemes for local entrepreneurs.