Homelessness, SDG 1, and Sustainable Recovery from COVID-19
August 5th, 2021
Participants at side event “Homelessness, SDG 1 and Sustainable Recovery from COVID19: Poverty left behind”, organised this month, agreed that lack of standardized data collection methodologies on…
Vernacular architecture gives impetus for social gathering space for women in Ramallah
August 5th, 2021
Ramallah, State of Palestine, 5 August 2021 – To enhance the implementation of Sustainable Development Goals and to reduce vulnerability of girls and women to violence, UN-Habitat and partners have…
Beirut Port explosion: a year on Lebanon's capital city struggles to pick up the pieces
August 4th, 2021
Beirut, 4 August 2021 - One year after the devastating Beirut Port explosion has seen Lebanon’s capital city continue to struggle to pick up the pieces. According to a recent UN-Habitat assessment of…
UN-Habitat and Pan-African real estate company promote affordable housing in Africa
August 4th, 2021
Nairobi, Kenya, 3 August 2021 – To alleviate severe shortages, UN-Habitat is embarking on a partnership to provide one million affordable housing units in Africa in the next seven years. The…
UN-Habitat Launches Open Sustainable Urban Mobility Classroom
August 4th, 2021
UN-Habitat today launches its online classroom “Taking Sustainable Urban Mobility to the Next Level,” a course that provides information on different aspects of the transition to sustainable mobility…
Internally Displaced Families in Marawi Awarded Permanent House and Lot
August 2nd, 2021
Marawi City, the Philippines, 2 August 2021 – Rocma Imam Dumamba still remembers the five-hour walk she and her family endured as they fled Tuca Marinaut, their village in what is officially known as…
Recipient of a UN-Habitat project to supply clean water in northern Ghana lauds the benefits
July 29th, 2021
Tamale, Ghana 28 July 2021—Samata Abdullahi believes that installing a water tank in her Shichegu neighbourhood, courtesy of a project led by UN-Habitat in the Disaster Prone Communities in northern…
Residents of an informal settlement in northern Ghana get aid to better fight Covid-19
July 28th, 2021
Tamale, Ghana 27 July 2021—Residents of Ward K community in northern Ghana Tuesday received two hand washing stations and two water tanks through a United Nations initiative, a move that increases…
UN-HABITAT to lend Guinea expertise on land ownership, integrated city planning
July 28th, 2021
Conakry, Guinea, 28 July 2021 – The Guinean Government has officially asked for UN-Habitat’s technical expertise to organise a National Land Conference later this year, an invitation that the UN…
Mexican city puts “Placemaking” at the heart of post-pandemic recovery
July 27th, 2021
San Nicolas, Mexico, 26 July 2021 – Officials at this northern Mexican city are betting that a series of short-term, low-cost, and agile initiatives will create friendly and safe public spaces for…
Ethiopia Sprints Towards Sustainable Mobility Solutions
July 23rd, 2021
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 22 July 2021 – The estimated five million residents of this capital city now have an online platform to suggest to their government in which neighbourhoods and streets they…
Global CEO Alliance and UN-Habitat aim to support 1,000 cities to reach the Sustainable Development Goals
July 22nd, 2021
July 2021 - A new partnership between UN-Habitat and a community of business leaders aims to support 1,000 cities to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) which could have a huge impact…
European Commission, European Investment Bank, UN-Habitat, partners launch report on "Financing Sustainable Urban Development”
July 21st, 2021
Brussels, Belgium, July 2021 - As requested by the European Parliament, the European Commission, European Investment Bank and UN-Habitat, supported by the International Growth Centre, are working…
Germany among 30 countries reporting on the implementation of the New Urban Agenda
July 21st, 2021
Several national governments have showcased progress in implementing plans and commitments for sustainable urban development in cities after adopting the New Urban Agenda at Habitat III in 2016. The…
UN-Habitat strives to enhance partnership opportunities for area-based urban recovery projects in Heet
July 21st, 2021
In line with #SDG17, aspiring to strengthen development partnerships, UN-Habitat has successfully mobilized complementary resources for the transformation of the neighbourhood of Al Baker, located on…