Africa: UN Searches for Solutions to Global Housing Crisis

Africa: UN Searches for Solutions to Global Housing Crisis

The UN's urban development agency estimates that an astonishing 2.8 billion people worldwide lack access to adequate housing, secure land, and basic water and sanitation services - that's around 40 per cent of the global population.

With that message, the second UN-Habitat Assembly, held in June 2023 in the Kenyan capital, was resumed in Nairobi.

UN searches for solutions to global housing crisis

The UN’s urban development agency estimates that an astonishing 2.8 billion people worldwide lack access to adequate housing, secure land, and basic water and sanitation services – that’s around 40 per cent of the global population.

Photo; X @AnacludiaRossb1 Nairobi, Kenya.- The United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) warned on Thursday, 29 May, that the current “world-wide real estate crisis” will cause a “humanitarian emergency” if governments do not “immediately” tackle the problem. That strong message took place in Nairobi at the second UN-Habitat Assembly, which was held in June 2023 in the Kenyan capital, but left pending issues that must now be addres…

The United Nations (UN) warned Thursday that the global housing crisis, which already affects nearly 3 billion people, could become a humanitarian emergency if governments do not act urgently to reverse the situation. The warning was made during the resumption of the second UN-Habitat Assembly in Nairobi, capital of Kenya. The meeting seeks to advance the adoption of the agency’s 2026-2029 strategic plan, focusing on access to decent housing, sa…