Providing Adequate Housing and Developing Resilient Cities Is a Necessity for Sustainable Development

Acting Head of the UN-Habitat Office in Iran, stressing that adequate housing is more than a physical structure and a pillar of sustainable urban development, said more than 3 billion people worldwide lack adequate housing and over 1 billion live in informal settlements, a statistic that highlights the need to strengthen policies and investment to improve living conditions.

The head of the United Nations Human Settlements Program office in Iran, emphasizing that proper housing is more than a physical structure and one of the pillars of sustainable urban development, announced: More than 3 billion people in the world are deprived of proper housing and more than one billion people live in informal settlements. Statistics that show the necessity of strengthening policies and investments to improve living conditions.