HOUSING in the new Urban Agenda

Roundtable on current situation and challenges of the legislation in housing
Kiev, Ukraine, 26 April 2018
HOUSING in the New
Urban Agenda A GLOBAL
PERSPECTIVE

1. Understanding Global Housing Challenges
2. Reference Frameworks for Housing
3. Promoting housing for all globally
4. Our partners

Understanding Global Housing Challenges

Slums & Informal Settlements
Increasing Housing Demand
Affordability
Lack of Planning
Unsustainable Designs
Unlawful Forced Evictions
Risk Exposure
2.4 billion
live without improved sanitation
1.6 billion
in inadequate housing conditions worldwide
440 million
affordable houses needed by 2025
65-70%
of city surface is for residential use
19%
40%
Global energy use
is for households
Global energy use
for overall building stock
4%
60%
Earthquakes
only account for
of deaths caused
by natural disasters
of natural
disasters
but
23
million
rendered homeless
by natural disasters
in the past 10 years
15 million
Forcefully evicted every year
but for

When we build houses,
we build more than just houses.
We build cities.

Access to opportunities,
socio-economic empowerment
Improved safety
and security Improved
public health
Increased environmental
sustainability
Disaster risk reduction,
urban resilience
Economic growth
and urban prosperityIncreased participation
in the fabric of the city
Universal impact of housing on urban development

To live somewhere in security, peace and dignity, and for housing to be adequate,
it must meet the following criteria:
Adequate Housing
Legal
security of
tenure
Availability of
services,
materials,
facilities and
infrastructure
Affordability Habitability
Accessibility Location
Cultural
adequacy

Reference Frameworks for Housing

AFFORDABLE HOUSING
CORNERSTONE FOR ACHIEVING THE
Goal 11: “Make cities inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable”
but also:
Target 1: “By 2030, ensure access for all to adequate, safe and
affordable housing and basic services and upgrade slums”
Target C: “Support least developed countries, including
through financial and technical assistance, in building
sustainable and resilient buildings utilizing local materials.”
Global efforts: the SDGs

First Principle and Commitment
“Leave no one behind, by ending poverty
in all its forms and dimensions… by ensuring
equal rights and opportunities… and
providing equal access for all to basic
services as well as adequate and
affordable housing”
Thematic efforts: the New Urban Agenda

Promoting housing for all globally

OUTLINE
Our focus
HOUSING AT
THE CENTRE
Housing
Rights
Housing
Culture and
Diversity
Sustainable
Housing
Affordable
Housing
Housing
Policies

OUTLINE
Our focus
HOUSING AT
THE CENTRE
Housing
Rights
Housing
Culture and
Diversity
Green
Housing
Housing
Finance
Housing
Policy

1. Enabling approach
2. Sectoral approach,
shelter dominated
3. New construction
1. Active government involvement
2. Holistic approach, inclusive of socio-
economic factors
3. Twin-track approach: preventive and
curative
HABITAT AGENDA NEW URBAN AGENDA
Housing at the Centre

OUTLINE
Through the Global Housing Strategy, UN-Habitat supports countries in the
formulation and implementation of their National Housing Profiles, policies and
implementing strategies.
Housing Policies

Developing countries
- No preexisting framework
- Ill-suited framework
- Outdated framework
Housing Policies
Developed countries
- Socio-economic issues (target
groups, ageing population,
migration)
- Commodification of housing and
rising costs
- Gentrification
- Environmental regulations
Afghanistan
Lesotho
Egypt
Ethiopia
Guyana Brazil
Bulgaria
Bahrain

produce normative guidance
materials, deliver advisory services to
global policy developments
Housing Rights
Human Rights
Training for Youth
Leaders in Somalia
Sustainable Urban Mobility
and Disability: Mainstreaming
Universal Access
Implementing the International
Guidelines on Urban and Territorial
Planning (IG-UTP)
assists in the design, formulation,
monitoring, implementation, evaluation,
replication and scaling-up of all UN-
Habitat projects
Human Rights
Help Desk
supports the UN Human
Rights Programme, in
partnership with OHCHR
partners with the UN Special
Rapporteur on the Right to
Adequate Housing

To be adequate, housing needs to take into account the expression of diversity
of people, the diversity of needs and the diversity of cultures.
To be accessible, housing needs to provide for special needs.
UN-Habitat works very closely with
older people, people with disabilities and
Indigenous peoples.
Culture and Diversity

Development of sustainable housing practices with:
o Green building materials and construction technologies
o Climate-responsive housing and settlement design
o Risk-mitigating designs
Role of community convener on green practices in the housing sector, in
particular through the Global Network for Sustainable Housing (GNSH)
Global advocacy role in the OnePlanet Network (10-YFP), including as co-chair of
the Inter-Agency Coordination Group and member of the Sustainable Building
and Construction Programme
Sustainable Housing

One of the most daunting challenges of urbanisation is the provision of adequate
housing that people can afford. The affordability issue is affecting the
developing and developed worlds alike.
UN-Habitat contributes to global advocacy efforts, including through expert
group meetings and key partnerships.
o Report on Housing Market Dynamics in Africa, with AfDB
o Housing Land-Based Financing, with GLTN
o Report on Addressing the global affordable housing challenge, with McKinsey
Housing Finance
IDP Rental Scheme in Somalia
Multi-level Housing
Affordability
Programme for African
countries

HOUSING AT
THE CENTRE
Housing
Rights
Housing
Culture and
Diversity
Green
Housing
Housing
Finance
Housing
Policy

HOUSING in the new Urban Agenda

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