{"id":25746,"date":"2025-10-20T15:13:53","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T19:13:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/humansecurity\/?p=25746"},"modified":"2025-10-31T14:25:28","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T18:25:28","slug":"world-social-summit-2025-unlocking-social-development-and-human-security-through-housing-from-principles-to-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/humansecurity\/world-social-summit-2025-unlocking-social-development-and-human-security-through-housing-from-principles-to-action\/","title":{"rendered":"World Social Summit 2025 – Unlocking Social Development and Human Security through Housing: From Principles to Action"},"content":{"rendered":"

Solutions Session at the Second World Summit for Social Development<\/h4>\n<\/div>

Unlocking Social Development and Human Security through Housing: From Principles to Action<\/span><\/div><\/h1><\/div>

6 November 2025 | 11:30 AM\u201312:45 PM (Doha) | Room 3<\/span><\/h2>\n

Organized by the UN Trust Fund for Human Security (UNTFHS), UN-Habitat, Permanent Missions of Canada, Colombia, and Japan to the UN, and United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG).<\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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About<\/h3>\n<\/div><\/h2><\/div>

Urbanization is reshaping our world, positioning cities as engines of growth, innovation, and connectivity. Yet, when poorly managed, it can deepen poverty and inequality, leading to challenges such as homelessness, informal settlements, and social exclusion. Today, over 1.6 billion people\u2014one in five globally\u2014lack access to adequate housing. This is not just a housing crisis, but a broader challenge to human security, social justice, stability, and sustainable development.<\/p>\n

The Housing and Human Security for All model offers a transformative framework that goes beyond physical infrastructure, viewing housing as a social institution that shapes lives and opportunities. It recognizes housing as a foundation for well-being, health, and inclusion, and as both a mirror and a driver of inequalities. The model promotes an integrated, evidence-to-action approach to housing and development policy, aiming to expand opportunities and build equitable, resilient, and inclusive societies.<\/p>\n

Within this framework, the Solutions Session will explore how housing can act as a strategic driver of inclusive social development and human security. By focusing on programming, investment, and policy approaches that enable housing initiatives to deliver meaningful social impact, the Session will underscore the importance of a comprehensive approach to reducing vulnerability. It will also highlight the vital role of transparent and inclusive planning in strengthening governance and ensuring that urban development responds to the diverse needs of all residents.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Event Information<\/h3>\n<\/div><\/h2><\/div>

Welcome and Opening Remarks<\/em><\/strong> by Mr. Yukio Takasu, UN Special Adviser on Human Security<\/p>\n

Framing Remarks <\/em><\/strong>by Ms. Rania Hedeye, Regional Director for the Arab States, UN-Habitat<\/p>\n

Keynote address<\/em><\/strong> on the Housing and Human Security for All<\/em> model by Dr. Alexandra Abello Colak, London School of Economics and Political Science<\/p>\n

Panel Discussion: Housing through human security as a driver of social development<\/strong><\/p>\n