Through our #HomeEquals global advocacy campaign, we are working with partners, governments and communities to create lasting change so that people living in informal settlements around the world have safe and secure homes. Learn more at habitat.org/homeequals.

🌇🏡There is no sustainable, resilient urban future without sustainable, livable and inclusive cities that implement contextually appropriate policy solutions prioritizing the needs of communities living in informal settlements. #HomeEquals #SDG11

'Over half of the global population currently resides in urban areas, a rate projected to reach 70 percent by 2050. Approximately 1.1 billion people currently live in slums or slum-like conditions in cities, with 2 billion more expected in the next 30 years.' #SDGs Report 2023

Our vision is ambitious.

A world where everyone has a decent place to live requires us to innovate and work with families and communities in many different ways.

Equity starts at home. Through secure land rights, increased civic participation, climate-resilient housing and access to basic services, we can tackle poverty, improve health and education, promote gender and racial justice, and support economic growth for everyone. #HomeEquals

Housing is infrastructure for well-being and sustainability.

That's why the #HomeEquals global advocacy campaign works to promote policies that ensure everyone – particularly people living in informal settlements – can have equitable access to adequate housing.

Residents of informal settlements often lack basic services and infrastructure, also facing unsafe housing and insecure tenure 🏘️

Upgrading informal settlements not only benefits residents, but also contributes to economic growth and development within the community #HomeEquals

When it comes to the places we call home, people living in informal settlements are not treated as equals. Let's change the equation.

🌍 Together, we can change policies that help level the playing field.

Learn more about the #HomeEquals campaign:

#HomeEquals is Habitat for Humanity’s global advocacy campaign committed to achieving policy change to ensure that people living in informal settlements have equitable access to adequate housing. Together, with partners, governments and communities, we can create lasting change.

👥🏡 Durante el panel 'Respuestas inclusivas a la crisis social y ambiental en los asentamientos informales' del #vforoviviendayelhábitat se presentó la campaña de Hábitat para la Humanidad 'Home Equals'.

Panel Discussion: Increase equitable access to adequate housing, specifically for people living in informal settlements.

This radio program is part of the #HomeEquals campaign, which Habitat Cambodia launched in June.

Watch here: web.facebook.com/fm92.70/videos…

🇳🇵 Half of the Nepali population resides in inadequate housing conditions.

Learn about the amazing benefits that could be realized in terms of health, education and GDP if housing improvements took place at a massive scale in informal settlements in Nepal:

Africa’s cities are the most rapidly growing cities in the world 🏙️

But with growing urbanisation comes the growing challenge of an increasing housing deficit, and we must act to support communities across Africa to improve their living conditions and access to affordable homes.

🌿 The urban poor are disproportionately affected by the #ClimateCrisis . To build #resilient cities, we must prioritize an urban transformation that combines #InformalSettlements ' upgrading & #ecosystem rehabilitation. Here is how 👇

Sida Bundesentwicklungsministerium EU International Partnerships 🇪🇺 SDG2030

Hoy Amanda Entrikin, dir. asuntos globales e incidencia en Hábitat y Camila Cociña, investigadora del IIDE, explicaron que el mejorar las viviendas en los asentamientos informales a gran escala en el mundo, generaría ganancias sustanciales en desarrollo económico y humano.

💧In Bolivia, 4 in 10 families lack access to safe water. 6 in 10 families lack access to bathrooms.

🏘️ Clean water and sanitation are essential to adequate housing. That's why Hábitat Bolivia works to increase access to WASH services in its peri-urban settlements.

Learn more:

Reunimos a autoridades latinoamericanas y expertos en el 5º Foro de Vivienda y el Hábitat en Bogotá y analizar el efecto del cambio climático en las viviendas de la región y conocer soluciones asequibles y resilientes para disminuir el déficit de vivienda. forolac.com

#HomeEquals encourages governments to implement policies that will upgrade informal settlements where they are located, instead of forced or mandatory relocations, through incremental improvements that add to the adequacy, livability and recognition of their security of tenure.

Ensuring that residents of informal settlements have access to adequate housing isn’t just the right thing to do — it’s the SMART thing to do.

Join us at the AP Housing Forum and side events to help unlock the power of home for millions across the region: aphousingforum.org