Accordingly, the first session of the Intergovernmental Expert Working Group on Adequate Housing for All (OEWG-H1) was held at the headquarters of UN-Habitat in Nairobi from 9 to 11 December 2024. See here the report and the Chairs’ summary. The elected co-chairs, France and Kenya, developed a road map for 2025 which includes virtual intersessional meetings for member states, nominated experts and other stakeholders to pursue the work on the identified thematic areas, and a second meeting of the Working Group (OEWG-H2).

The second session of the Intergovernmental Expert Working Group on Adequate Housing for All  (OEWG-H2) will be held 22 to 23 October 2025 at the UN-Habitat Headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya. The draft recommendations drawn from the virtual thematic intersessional meetings will be compiled in a summary that will be presented at this second session. Similar processes will take place in 2026, 2027 and 2028 and a comprehensive set of housing policy recommendations will be presented at the third session of the Habitat Assembly in 2029. These recommendations will already guide policy reform at country level before 2029 and will inform other key multilateral processes.

Kenya (African States) and France (Western European and other States) were elected as Co-Chairs, starting from the closure of the first session and until their successors are elected.