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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

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Toolkits, Manuals and Guides
Her City – A Guide for Cities to Sustainable and Inclusive Urban Planning and Design together with Girls (third edition)
Activities Report
Global Urban Safety Indicators and Monitoring Tool
Toolkits, Manuals and Guides
United Nations System-wide Guidelines on Safer Cities and Human Settlements
Technical Report
Review on SDG11 Synthesis Report for the 2018 HLPF - Tracking Progress Towards Inclusive, Safe, Resilient and Sustainable Cities and Human Settlements
Technical Report
Building Urban Safety through Slum Upgrading
Technical Report
The Global Assessment on Women's Safety
​​​Malakal Integrated Urban Strategic Plan 2035​​
Policy and Strategy
​​​Malakal Integrated Urban Strategic Plan 2035​​
2026
​​The Strengthening Community Adaptability and Resilience for Displaced and Host Populations in South Sudan (SCAR-SS) project, funded by the European Union, is advancing the implementation of durable solutions for displaced and host communities affected by the Sudan crisis.

​Under this initiative, UN-Habitat and UNHCR have jointly developed the Malakal Integrated Urban Strategic Plan 2035, a comprehensive and inclusive framework aimed at facilitating the reintegration of former…
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Evaluation
​​National Urban Policy Programme, Phase 2 Mid-term Evaluation Report​
2026
The Mid-Term Evaluation Report for Phase 2 of the Korea-funded National Urban Policy Program (K-NUPP) provides a detailed assessment of progress achieved between 2022 and late 2025. Evaluated against UN-Habitat’s 2024 Policy criteria - relevance, efficiency, effectiveness, impact, sustainability, and coherence - the program has achieved at least "good" performance across all metrics, earning "excellent" ratings specifically in efficiency and impact.
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Escalating Displacement Crisis in the West Bank
Brief
Escalating Displacement Crisis in the West Bank - Policy Brief
2026
Two factsheets on the on the HLP Rights in Gaza Strip affected by 2023 War, and two advocacy briefs on displacement crisis in Gaza Strip and West Bank.
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Global Report
SDG 11 Global Report 2026: Housing at the Centre of Sustainable Cities and Communities
2026
Housing is fundamental to achieving SDG 11’s vision of inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable cities and communities. Yet, despite this central role, the interlinkages between adequate housing and progress across the ten targets of Goal 11 have received limited systematic attention.
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Annual Report
​​Policy and Legislation Section Annual Report 2025
2026
The 2025 Annual Report of the Policy and Legislation Section (PLS) presents a year of steady progress in advancing sustainable urban development. Through diverse initiatives and collaborative partnerships with donors, development partners, and countries, UN-Habitat through PLS has continued to strengthen policy, legislative, and governance frameworks at national and subnational levels. The report also identifies emerging priorities that will guide the Section’s work in 2026, supporting global…
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Annual Report
​2024-2025 Annual Report: National Urban Policy Programme, Phase Two
2026
National Urban Policies (NUPs) serves as a key guiding frameworks towards the realization of the New Urban Agenda and Sustainable Urbanization. The Korea-funded National Urban Policy Programme contributes to this by not only supporting countries in developing and implementing NUPs but also strengthening the capacity of relevant stakeholders. The 2024-2025 Annual Report shows the progress of the programme implementation at global and local scale among the eight participating countries of Phase 2…
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Country Report
​UN-Habitat Lebanon Rapid Municipal Assessment Report
2026
​​Rapid Municipal Assessment of conflict-affected areas in Lebanon, presenting key findings on service delivery, infrastructure damage, and municipal capacities to support evidence-based recovery and humanitarian planning.​
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Toolkits, Manuals and Guides
Guide to creating urban public SPACES for children
2026
Public spaces to play are important to children's health and development and are a core right. Yet with increasing urbanization, access to public spaces to play is shrinking, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. This guide, developed by UN-Habitat, WHO and UNICEF, highlights the importance of public spaces for optimizing children's health and well-being, and realizing their comprehensive rights. It provides support for practitioners in developing and improving public…
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Press Release
Former Mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo appointed UN-Habitat Goodwill Ambassador for Eastern Europe and Central Asia
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Document
Outcomes from Urban October
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Document
UN-Habitat’s offer of support to Member States through SURGe
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Policy and Strategy
​​​Malakal Integrated Urban Strategic Plan 2035​​
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Document
Urban Content in NDC 3.0: Cities at the centre of the energy transition
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Urban Content in NDC 3.0: Cities at the centre. Snapshot of 164 NDCs
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Document
Urban Content in NDC 3.0: Urban housing and informal settlements
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Expression of Interest
Application guidelines
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Expression of Interest
Annex 2 - Budget
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