We are today witnessing a global housing crisis, marked by a scenario of an overall worsening of affordability conditions, increasing financialization and speculation of housing, evictions and direct and indirect displacement. As such, the number of people without proper housing or living in inadequate conditions is currently projected at 1.6 billion with the possibility of mounting to 3 billion by 20302. During the COVID-19 pandemic, and particularly during the beginning of the emergency response, the urgency of protecting the right to adequate housing for all, contributed to raising awareness about the importance of such a right, opening-up space for policies that guarantee it, including temporary moratoria on evictions. However, as the years passed, not only the situation regarding housing rights seems to be worsening, but also its centrality in public debate seems to have shifted as well.
Ahead of the upcoming World Summit for Social Development, the opportunity is ripe for building on such a nuanced discussion, engaging with a variety of actors around different approaches for the defense, promotion and fulfilment of the Right to adequate housing. For such, this event will focus on enhancing the importance of having a strong commitment to the right to adequate housing through multilateral instances, with a particular focus on the upcoming summit, highlighting concrete proposals of policies and approaches that can play a substantive role in facing the current housing crisis.
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