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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
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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STILL FAR FROM HOME – A Comparative Review of IDP Housing Solution Policies in Five Crisis Affected Countries
2026
Still Far From Home examines how housing policies shape durable solutions for internally displaced persons across five crisis-affected countries. The report argues that lasting solutions require moving beyond housing construction toward strengthening the broader systems—land, services, governance, and livelihoods—that enable displaced communities to achieve long-term stability and inclusion.
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Technical Report
UN-Habitat Catalogue of Solutions 2026-2029
2026
UN-Habitat’s Catalogue of Solutions presents the organization’s portfolio of tested tools, methodologies and advisory support designed to help countries, cities and communities address today’s most pressing urban challenges. The catalogue brings together solutions developed through decades of UN-Habitat’s global experience, providing practical pathways for advancing inclusive, resilient and sustainable urban development.
These solutions respond to the urgent need to improve…
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These solutions respond to the urgent need to improve…
Global Report
Agenda to Action: Implementation of the New Urban Agenda in Nine Cities Across the Globe
2026
This report documents how nine cities across Africa, Asia-Pacific, Arab States, Eastern Europe and Latin America have implemented the New Urban Agenda through integrated planning, multi-level governance, and capacity-building. It captures lessons, mind-shifts, and implementation pathways that accelerate SDG 11 and sustainable urban transformation
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Toolkits, Manuals and Guides
Evaluating the Impact of New Urban Legislation: A Guide to Ex-Ante Analysis
2026
This guide is designed to be adaptable to different legal, institutional, and resource contexts. It may be applied at various stages of the legislative cycle, including during the drafting of new laws, the revision of existing legislation, or the evaluation of proposed amendments. While the full methodology is intended for comprehensive impact assessments, elements of the guide can also be applied in a simplified manner where time, data, or institutional capacity is limited. By offering a…
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Toolkits, Manuals and Guides
The Urban Law and Conflict Series (Volume 2, Emergency Response): Enhancing Urban Law to Protect Housing, Land and Property Across the Conflict Cycle
2026
As global urbanization accelerates, cities are increasingly on the front lines of humanitarian crises and post-conflict recovery, while bearing a growing responsibility to uphold the right to adequate housing. Conflict is now predominantly unfolding in urban settings, as seen in recent crises in Palestine, Syria, Ukraine, and Yemen, where widespread housing destruction and mass displacement have placed large civilian populations at risk of losing their homes, land, and tenure security. Many of…
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Document
Provisional Overview of Key Facts and Outcomes of the Innovate 4 Cities 2026 Conference
Posted on June 25th, 2026
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Document
High Level Meeting - Information for Participants
Posted on June 24th, 2026
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Technical Report
Future Cities Advisory Outlook 2025: AI and Cities (Arabic)
Posted on June 24th, 2026
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Technical Report
Future Cities Advisory Outlook 2025: AI and Cities (French)
Posted on June 24th, 2026
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Technical Report
Future Cities Advisory Outlook 2025: AI and Cities (Spanish)
Posted on June 24th, 2026
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Technical Report
Future Cities Advisory Outlook 2025: AI and Cities (Russian)
Posted on June 24th, 2026
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