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Following contributions of United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) and our Committee, the UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights and the UN Special…
On 20 September, UCLG and our Committee facilitated the online consultation "Cities for Adequate Housing" in the framework of the Community of Practice on Housing, which brought…
Homelessness is one of the most severe problems currently facing cities and regions around the world, undermining people’s opportunities to live prosperous lives and eroding the…
The I Cities Summit of the Americas, held in Denver in April 2023, set a new milestone in our advocacy for localizing the housing agenda with a caring approach for all. The…
This public consultation held last 14 May gathered local and regional government (LRG) representatives and the UCLG Community of Practice on Housing to address emerging challenges…
The Spanish city of Móstoles (205,614) is a good example of the numerous initiatives taken by municipal authorities across the world to carry out ambitious and innovative…
[Source: UCLG - Photo credits @UCLG/Mark Schardan] Local and regional leaders and housing policy experts met in Barcelona from 2-3 November to reaffirm their commitment to…
Between September and December 2015, the UCLG Committee on Social Inclusion, Participatory Democracy and Human Rights and the Secretariat for Social Integration of the city of…
Last 5th April, as part of the Habitat III Thematic Meeting on Public Spaces in Barcelona, it took place the side event on “Homeless people’s rights: what place in the New Habitat…