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Houssam Elokda

Houssam Elokda

Managing Principal, Happy Cities

Houssam is obsessed with helping communities become happier, healthier and more inclusive in his role as a leader with Happy Cities. Together with his team, they have led complex masterplanning. public space, housing and policy projects in diverse settings that range from rural Nova Scotian communities to metropoles such as Las Vegas, Dubai, London and Vancouver. Houssam also helped deliver housing projects that highlighted the intersection of housing design and social connectedness. The Happy Cities team have created policy tools and research that helped city builders understand the value and method of boosting urban wellbeing. 


Houssam sits on various boards of urbanist organizations. He is the co-founder and board chairman at Transport for Cairo, an Egyptian mobility firm that helps deliver transit systems and research in emerging cities. He also sits on the board of organizations that work in real estate, community land trusts, and construction.

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