Launch of the World Cities Report 2026

This press conference will mark the launch of the World Cities Report 2026: The Global Housing Crisis: Pathways to Action, UN-Habitat’s latest global assessment of the urban housing crisis. It will present key findings and recommendations on the global housing crisis, including the need for a new social contract for housing that rebalances the roles of governments, markets, and communities.

Session panelists:

• Anacláudia Rossbach, Executive Director, UN-Habitat
• Carol Dean Archer, Professor, University of Technology, Jamaica
• Marie Huchzemeyer, Professor, School of Architecture and Planning, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
• Sahar Attia, Emeritus Professor of Urban Design and former Head of the Department of Architecture, Cairo University, Egypt
• Benedict Arimah, Chief, Global Reports and Trends Unit, UN-Habitat