1. PLACING HOUSING AT THE CENTER
Urban Lunch-Time
G l o b a l
H o u s i n g
S t r a t eg y
A call for a
Paradigm Shift in Policy
PLACING HOUSING AT THE CENTER
The GLOBAL HOUSING STRATEGY” promotes a paradigm shift to achieve adequate
shelter for all by placing housing at the center of our thinking, policy and the city

7. Angola – Chinese built housing ghost towns

8. New City of Kilamba 20,000 vacant apartments

9. New City of Kilamba 20,000 vacant apartments

11. Ghost Towns 64 million vacant housing units in China
18.4 million vacant housing units in the USA
3 million vacant housing units in the Egypt
3.3 million vacant flats in Maharashtra India
1.5 million vacant housing units in the Spain
0.85 million vacant housing units in the UK
0.7 million vacant housing units in the Mexico city
Ghost Towns
(Figures taken from websites - not verified or backed by the United Nations)

12. Vacant Housing Units globally
Ghost Towns
0ver 120 million
Vacant Housing Units globally
500 million
People could be
properly housed
863 million
People today
Live in Slums
YET
Supply does not meet demand

13. Results Based Strategy
Housing Strategy
X X
X X X
To build 200,000 housing units per year
To , per year
house
households in
Output Based Strategy X
Results Based Strategy

14. Results Based Strategy
Housing Strategy
To , per year
house
households in
Results Based Strategy

15. The Global Housing Strategy
Why do we need it?
Economic meltdown
1 - Commodification of housing - home ownership
2 – Limited access to affordable Housing finance
Social exclusion
3 - Urban segregation (Ghettos and Gated Communities)
Environmental degradation
4 - Urban sprawl and environmental pressures
5 - Proliferation of Slums and informal settlements

16. PLACING HOUSING AT THE CENTRE
The Global Housing Strategy
Goals
To achieve the Habitat Agenda Pillar of “adequate shelter for all”
Contribute to MDG Target 7D on Slums:
“Improving the living conditions of 100 million slum dwellers by 2020” by
Proposing a paradigm shift in Housing
PLACING HOUSING AT THE CENTRE

17. The Global Housing Strategy
PLACING
HOUSING AT
THE CENTRE

18. The Global Housing Strategy
Who will be involved
Development Habitat Agenda Partnerships in National Habitat Committees:
Central and Local Authorities
Academia
Civil Society
Private Sector
Development Partners

19. The Global Housing Strategy
Aims to develop National and City Housing Strategies.
A National Housing Strategy is a participatory process to guide polices, planning, and programming of housing, and slum upgrading and prevention interventions.
National and city Housing Strategies are inseparable from inclusive urban planning and management process
The Global Housing Strategy

20. The Global Housing Strategy
What Guides Us
The Housing Box
National and Local
Urbanisation Prerequisites
Sustainable Housing
Components
Housing
Governance, Management
National Urban Policy
Urban Planning
Land
Design
Tenure Types
Housing Demand
Lessons Learned
Urban Economy
Local Economic
Development
Finance
Building Technologies
Governance
National Legislation
Local Legislation
Basic Urban Services
Materials & Components
Management & Maintenance
Housing and Slum Upgrading and Prevention Framework

21. Thematic Clusters cutting Cross Cutting issues: Housing Rights
Environment
Gender
Youth
Cross
issues
Thematic Clusters
Planning and Housing
Urban Economy
and Housing
Affordable Housing (finance)
Gender and housing
Youth
and housing
Global Housing Strategy to the Year
2025
Housing Tenure Types
Sustainable Housing
Cross
issues
cutting
Cross
issues
cutting
Slum Upgrading
Gender, Indigenous Youth
Groups
Housing
Rights
Environment

22. The Global Housing Strategy
The approach
The approach to the GHS will include:
Exchange of experiences
Applied evidence-based research
Effectiveness at scale
Efficiency through partnerships
National and local capacity development

23. GHS Approach GHS Theme Responses to Challenges Challenges
Partnership of key actors in
National Habitat Committees:
Central
Local Authorities,
Academia,
Civil Society,
Private Sector,
Development Partners
Responses to Challenges
Responses
Applied Research
Knowledge
Management
Analysis of Information
Mass outreach/sharing
Crowd Sourcing
on social/professional media
Information
Management
Information
Exchange

24. GHS Approach Cross Cutting issues: Housing Rights Environment Gender
Analysis of Information
Mass outreach and sharing on social/professional media
Crowd Sourcing
Applied Research
Responses to Challenge
Solutions and Responses
Questions
Issues
Gathering
Information
Experiences
Exchange of
Management
Knowledge
Habitat Committees
National
Partnerships:
Housing
Planning &
Cross Cutting issues:
Housing Rights
Environment
Gender
Youth
GHS Approach
Analysis of Information
Mass outreach and sharing on social/professional media
Crowd Sourcing
Applied Research
Responses to Challenge
Solutions and Responses
Questions
Issues
Information
Gathering
Experiences
Exchange of
Management
Knowledge
Habitat Committees
National
Partnerships:
cxonomy
& Urban
Housing
Analysis of Information
Mass outreach and sharing on social/professional media
Crowd Sourcing
Applied Research
Response to Challenge
Solutions and Responses
Issues
Questions
Gathering
Information
Experiences
Exchange of
Management
Knowledge
Habitat Committees
National
Partnerships:
Affordable
Housing
Analysis of Information
Mass outreach and sharing on social/professional media
Crowd Sourcing
Applied Research
Responses to challenges
Solutions and Responses
Questions
Issues
Exchange of
Experiences
Information
Gathering
Management
Knowledge
Habitat Committees
Partnerships:
National
Types
Tenure
Housing
Analysis of Information
Mass outreach and sharing on social/professional media
Crowd Sourcing
Applied Research
Responsesto Challenge
Solutions and Responses
Questions
Issues
Exchange of
Information
Experiences
Gathering
Management
Knowledge
Partnerships:
National
Habitat Committees
Sustainable
Housing
Global Housing Strategy to the Year
2025
Analysis of Information
Mass outreach and sharing on social/professional media
Crowd Sourcing
Applied Research
Responses to Challenge
Solutions and Responses
Questions
Issues
Exchange of
Experiences
Information
Gathering
Management
Knowledge
Partnerships:
Habitat Committees
National
Indigenous
Youth
Gropus
Gender
Analysis of Information
Mass outreach and sharing on social/professional media
Crowd Sourcing
Applied Research
Responses to Challenge
Solutions and Responses
Issues
Questions
Exchange of
Experiences
Information
Gathering
Management
Knowledge
Partnerships:
National
Habitat Committees
Slum
Upgrading

25. The Case of Slum Thematic Clusters cutting Cross Cutting issues:
Housing Rights
Environment
Gender
Youth
Cross
issues
Thematic Clusters
Planning and Housing
Urban Economy
and Housing
Affordable Housing (finance)
Gender and housing
Youth
and housing
Global Housing Strategy to the Year
2025
Housing Tenure Types
Sustainable Housing
Cross
issues
cutting
Cross
issues
cutting
Slum Upgrading
Slum Upgrading
Gender, Indigenous Youth
Groups
Housing
Rights
Environment
The Case of Slum

26. The Global Housing Strategy
Slum Upgrading
National and Local
Urbanisation Prerequisites
Sustainable Housing
Components
Housing
Governance, Management
National Urban Policy
National Urban Policy
Urban Planning
Urban Planning
Land
Land
Design
Design
Tenure Types
Tenure Types
Housing Demand
Lessons Learned
Urban Economy
Urban Economy
Local Economic
Development
Local Economic
Development
Resourcs & Finance
Finance
Building Technologies
Building Technologies
Governance
Governance
National Legislation
National Legislation
Local Legislation
Local Legislation
Basic Urban Services
Basic Services
Building Materials
Materials & Components
Management & Maintenance
Management & Maintenance
Housing and Slum Upgrading and Prevention Framework
Slum Definitions: 5 Deprivations
1 – Access to water
2 – Access to Sanitation
3 – Security of tenure
4 – adequate housing
5 – Crowdedness

27. Economic Investment vs. Housing Subsidies Income generation, and jobs
The Global Housing Strategy
Economic Investment vs. Housing Subsidies
Subsidizing
Housing
Dependency on subsidies
Lack of dignity
No return on subsidies
Minimize only for affordability
Target only the most vulnerable
Lost
Funding
Reduced Lost
Funding
Investing
In economy,
Income generation, and jobs
Citizen Empowerment to access:
housing,
education,
health, etc..
Revolving
Investment in Economy
Dignity
Reducing Dependency
Return on investments

28. The Global Housing Strategy
Media Strategy
Popular and professional outreach
Participatory advocacy
Professional and Key Habitat Agenda Partners inputs
Political buy in
Partnerships with Habitat Agenda Partners

29. GHS has 2700+ members on the Urban Gateway
Networking by boosting Website Membership

30. Over 90 Professional Groups on Linked IN
Outreaching to over 600,000 Professionals
Popular and professional outreach

31. GHS
LinkedIn
Group
1000+
members
Professional and Key partners inputs

32. Professional dialogues on LinkedIn

33. HOUSING CRITERIA

34. Urban Planning and Design
CRITERIA
Urban Planning and Design
Locate housing within urban areas not isolated in remote “dormitory cities”
Include housing in mixed urban use areas,
Improve mobility by introducing a rich variety of urban uses,
Promote cultural viability and street life.

35. Economic opportunities
CRITERIA
Economic opportunities
Housing development creates jobs and stimulates the economy (production of building materials, construction industry)
Include housing with mixed uses to generate new jobs & income generating opportunities,
Encourage the private sector to invest in housing in mixed use area,

36. Economic opportunities
CRITERIA
Economic opportunities
Introduce urban agriculture for job creation, food production and security, improved environmental qualities
Share land value to introduce solutions to finance and cross subsidize housing

37. CRITERIA Social integration
Address social mobility through improved tenure security of housing units
Encouraging social interaction of different income groups – not ghettos and gated communities,
Ensure that housing proposals are gender responsive.

38. Environmental improvement
CRITERIA
Environmental improvement
Achieve neighborhood environmental sustainability,
Improve microclimate through green architecture and planning approaches
Improve microclimate through vegetation preferably productive urban agriculture as well as urban elements/furniture.

39. CRITERIA Governance and partnership
Produce housing through partnerships will all key actors including central and local government, private sector, civil society, professionals and academia.
Encourage corporate social responsibility to subsidize housing for vulnerable groups

40. CRITERIA Governance and partnership
Introduce academic social responsibility whereby students, recent graduates and academia provide policy advice and technical assistance to local and central authorities and those involved in housing for low income groups.

41. International Competition
Urban Revitalization of
Mass Housing

43. Global Housing Strategy Competition
Who is Eligible to compete
The Competition is open to:
University students (graduate and undergraduate)
Recent graduates (graduated after December 31st, 2010)
Ideally a multi-disciplinary team with backgrounds in urban planning, architecture, social sciences, economists, urban agriculturalists, etc…

44. Partnership for development Competition Teams communicate with:
Partner Type
Role
Examples/outputs
Institutions
Local and central authorities
Owner or manager of the housing stock
Ministry of Housing
Municipality
Housing Companies
Academia
Think tank and research
Research
Best practice
Solution development
Industry and the private sector
Urban economic development
Economic revitalisation
Job creation
Funding mechanisms
Civil Society/ renters association
Watchdog organizations
Owners associations
Rights groups

45. Time Line 2013 2014 Problem Research Proposals
Mobilizing
Problem Research
Proposals
Jury work
World Urban Forum Prize Awards
National Jury
Regional Jury
International Jury
Innovative and sustainable solutions to address challenges
Concepts and Policy Implications
Design Jury selection
Announce ment
Detailed Programme
National Analysis
Urban Analysis
Housing Analysis
Best Practices
Challenges
Further Research
PREPAR-ATION
COMPETITION
EVALUATION
MAY-AUG
JAN
SEP
NOV
DEC
OCT
FEB
MAR
APR
2013
2014

46. Jury structure and composition
National Jury
(1 per country)
Academia 9
Professional 3
NGOs 2
Institutions 1
Total 15
Regional Jury
(total of 6)
Academia 6
Professional 3
NGOs
Institutions 5
Total 17
International Jury (1)
Academia 4
Professional 2
NGOs 1
Institutions 2
Total 9

47. 1st Prize 1st Prize Competition Prize When Mid April 2014 During
World Urban Forum
Where
Medellin, Colombia
1st Prize
Regional
Award to participate in designing a building in the City of Medellin, Colombia
1st Prize
Regional
Internships for the First winner in each of 6 regions

48. International Competition
Urban Revitalization of
Mass Housing

49. The Global Housing Strategy
Expected Outcomes
(Re)positioning housing within the global contemporary debate
Critical outcomes include contributing to:
Rights-based, Gender-responsive, Results-based National Strategies
Inclusive cities: access to adequate housing
Paradigm shift: housing as part of Urban Planning,
Systemic reforms promoted for improved quality of life;
Linkages of housing with other parts of the economy strengthened;
Sustainable building and neighbourhood designs and technologies promoted

50. The Global Housing Strategy
When will it happen
GHS Implementation
2016
Habitat III
2015
Sustainable Development
Goals
2015
UN-Habitat Governing Council 25
2014
World Urban Forum 7
2013
UN-Habitat Governing Council 24

51. PLACING HOUSING AT THE CENTER
G l o b a l
H o u s i n g
S t r a t eg y
Tack så mycket
Thank you
PLACING HOUSING AT THE CENTER
The GLOBAL HOUSING STRATEGY” promotes a paradigm shift to achieve adequate
shelter for all by placing housing at the center of our thinking, policy and the city