Adequate housing is the foundation of human life and a global public priority

UN Deputy Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN-Habitat, in a message marking World Habitat Day, warned of the global housing crisis and the deprivation of billions of people from adequate shelter, and called for changes in macro-level approaches and for housing to be placed at the top of public priorities.

The Deputy Secretary General of the United Nations and the Executive Secretary of "Habitat" in a message on the occasion of World Human Settlements Day, while warning about the global housing crisis and the deprivation of billions of people from proper shelter, called for a change in macro approaches and putting housing at the top of public priorities.