The Housing Barometer draws on the Practical Guide for Conducting Housing Profiles by UN-Habitat. The tool was created with the dual goal to support the realization of the housing profiles and to support the housing sector analysis, stimulating holistic and integrated thinking, and strengthening the users’ understanding about the complexity of the housing sector and the interlinkages between the various attributes and sub-sectors of housing.

The Global Urban Competitiveness Report（GUCR） is a cooperative research conducted by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) and UN-Habitat focusing on sustainable urban competitiveness, urban land and urban finance. Led by Mr. Marco Kamiya and Prof. Ni Pengfei, the project is participated by experts from CASS, UNHabitat and well-known scholars in relevant fields.

This evaluation covers the activities of the Project ‘Strengthening National Capacities to Formulate and Adopt Housing and Slum Upgrading Strategies’.

This document is intended to disseminate the conceptual and methodological principles implemented during the process of formulating the Integral Management Policy of the Habitat Sector of Bogotá D.C. to 2030. Thus, it begins with a description of the institutional and administrative context of the city of Bogotá and its habitat sector, conformed by district entities’ which objective is the provision of the basic conditions to reach an adequate habitat. Taking as starting point the institutional…

The dialogue brought together multiple stakeholders from West and Central Africa to discuss on Urban renewal and co-production of housing in these regions. This dialogue was convened from 23rd to 24th of May 2019 in the United Nations Complex, Nairobi, Kenya. It brought together about 35 participants representing different organisations, governments and NGOs like UN Habitat, African Union, Islamic Development Bank, Africa Investment Bank, Shelter Afrique, Government of Guinea, CTE Design,…

The challenges of the housing sector in Mexico

The report looks at the intersection of slums and informal settlements and the informal economy, to raise awareness amongst communities, local authorities, NGOs and other urban actors of the potential of the local economy in informal settlements – much of which is also informal – as a key component of participatory slum upgrading, to contribute to economic development and poverty reduction.