“Globally, 3 billion people live in inadequate housing conditions.”“Elchi” reports that Anaklaudia Rossbach, Executive Director of the UN Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), made these remarks during a briefing dedicated to the Thirteenth Session of the World Urban Forum (WUF13).According to her, 300 million people are homeless, and over 1 billion people struggle to survive in informal settlements lacking infrastructure and fundamental services.A. Rossbach emphasized that the WUF13 session, to be held in Baku from May 17-22 this year, will be an important platform for solving these problems:“In the coming decades, another 2 billion people are expected to move to cities, and WUF13 is the main venue where systematic solutions will be discussed to ensure this population influx is provided with proper shelter.”
Ways out of the global housing crisis to be discussed at WUF13 in Baku
