What's New?
Welcome to the online resource facility Housing the Urban Poor - some is still UNDER CONSTRUCTION, but please explore. ------- Click on our EVENT CALENDER for upcoming conferences, such as the 10th Asian Urbanization Conference in August in Hong Kong or the 10th APSA Congress on the Future of Asian Cities in November in Ahmedabad.

Come and join ESCAP`s series of trainings on housing the urban poor at the 2nd Asia-Pacific Housing Forum, 7-9 September 2009 in Manila, Philippines

Following the themes of the Quick Guides for Policy Makers, ESCAP will hold training events on 1)Urbanization and Low-income Housing, 2) Land and Evictions, and 3) Housing Finance to introduce participants to interactive learning methods and materials available on the regional online resource facility www.housing-the-urban-poor.net and to exchange views on successful and innovative approaches and principles to housing the urban poor.


Bahasa versions of the Quick Guides and posters on housing the urban poor now free to DOWNLOAD!

Responding to requests from various pro-poor housing actors in Indonesia, ESCAP has translated the 7 Quick Guides for policy makers on housing the urban poor and the 7 related posters into Bahasa and has made them available for free downloading HERE.