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Flagship Report
World Cities Report 2026: The Global Housing Crisis: Pathways to Action
The current global housing crisis is the outcome of decades of insufficient investment, rapid urbanization, economic instability, and displacement caused by conflict and disasters. Recent global estimates indicate that… Read more
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Annual Report
Annual Report 2025
The 2025 Annual Report presents how UN-Habitat advanced housing-led sustainable urban development as a foundation for more inclusive, resilient and sustainable cities. Framed around the principle that the future of… Read more
Community self-help reconstruction
Toolkits, Manuals and Guides
Community self-help reconstruction - Arabic
2008
Published in 2008, UN-Habitat developed a reader-friendly booklet with the aim of promoting community-led housing reconstruction. The booklet provides basic technical and financial instructions that would allow affected families, after Lebanon 2006 war, to plan, in an adequate manner and to finish the reconstruction of their houses.
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Eritrea - national and cities
Urban Profile
Eritrea: National and Cities Urban Profile
2008
Urban Profiling is an assessment of needs and capacity building gaps at the city level.
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Ethiopia National Urban Profil
Urban Profile
Ethiopia: National Urban Profile
2008
UN-HABITAT
In Ethiopia, the profiling was undertaken under the leadership of national and local authorities.
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Ethiopia Ambo Urban Profile
Urban Profile
Ethiopia: Ambo Urban Profile
2008
UN-HABITAT
In Ethiopia, the profiling was undertaken under the leadership of national and local authorities.
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Information note for participants
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Information note for participants
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HSP/EB.2026/18: Report of the Executive Director on the Interim financial status of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme as at 30 June 2026 (Advance)
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HSP/EB.2026/18/Add.2: Report of the Executive Director on the Implications of the UN80 initiative for the structure, staffing, budgetary planning and work of UN-Habitat (Advance)
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HSP/EB.2026/18/20: Report of the Executive Director on the Normative and operational activities of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme, including updates on the country programmes in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic and Kenya (Advance)
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Call for Proposal
Application guidelines
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HSP/EB.2026/19/Add.1: Report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions on the draft work programme and budget for 2027 (Advance)
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Draft provisional agenda-80th PBA ad hoc working group 7 October 2026
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HSP/EB.2026/21: Reports of the Office of Internal Oversight Services and of the Ethics Office and related UN-Habitat activities: Note by the Secretariat (Advance)
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