​​This publication contains the first global database on National Housing Policies; a critical tool for countries to articulate commitments, coordinate action, and set a clear vision for inclusive and sustainable housing systems. It analyzes which countries have National Housing Policies; what elements they contain, how they align with multilateral frameworks, and what themes they cover.​

The Multilayered Vulnerability Profile for Pakse City analyzes urban, climate change, and biodiversity dimensions to identify vulnerable areas and hotspots. It highlights challenges including rapid urbanization, flooding, infrastructure gaps, and biodiversity loss, while providing insights to support sustainable and climate-resilient urban development.

The Multilayered Vulnerability Profile for Kaysone Phomvihane, Lao PDR, examines urban, climate change, and biodiversity vulnerabilities to identify key hotspots of overlapping risks. It highlights challenges including rapid urban expansion, flooding, heat stress, infrastructure gaps, and forest loss, supporting evidence-based urban resilience planning.

Produced jointly by UN-Habitat and the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) Regional Programme Economy Africa, the publication explores the role of urban law in supporting climate-resilient and low-carbon development. Through comparative case studies, it identifies legal and institutional approaches that strengthen nationally determined contributions, urban planning, governance, transport, housing, building standards and financing, offering practical lessons for scaling climate action and advancing…

The report “Progress Towards Durable Solutions for IDPs in Greater Pemba: Opportunities & Challenges in Pemba, Metuge and Mecufi” is intended to serve as a meaningful tool to inform policy and planning towards durable solutions for internally displaced persons in the northern province of Cabo Delgado, in Mozambique.

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.

This publication demonstrates how urban law, placed at the centre of housing policy, can help ensure that no one and no place is left behind. It examines the role of human rights frameworks, international and regional legal standards, and national laws in ensuring adequate housing, linking legal domains to housing elements from affordability to climate resilience. Drawing on country examples, it explores legal innovations and inspiring practices that translate the right to adequate housing into…

​​This report is jointly prepared by Wuhan Planning& Design Institute (WPDI) and the United NationsHuman Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) which presents an in-depth study on the governance conditions and transformative pathways of informal settlements in Preah Sihanouk Province, Cambodia. Against the backdrop of accelerating global urbanization and the severe slum problem, the crisis surrounding informal settlements has grown increasingly acute across Southeast Asia. As a key economic…

The Gaza Urban Profile 2026 provides a spatially informed, evidence-based analysis of urban deterioration across the Gaza Strip. Through its Neighbourhood Functionality Index, it highlights the scale and geographic distribution of impacts, providing a critical evidence base to inform the prioritization and sequencing of an area-based recovery and reconstruction.