Session title: Housing, Land, and Property Solutions to Address and Prevent Displacement
Organizer(s): UN-Habitat, Global HLP Area of Responsability
18 Mar 25 09:30-11:00
UTC+1
Join the event online: https://bit.ly/3XJodOI
This session will explore key case studies and findings from UN-Habitat’s newly released report, Policy Directions: Housing, Land, and Property Solutions to Resolve and Prevent Displacement
A well-functioning housing sector and effective urban land management systems are essential to meeting the HLP needs of displaced populations, their host communities, and other groups competing for limited land and housing resources. By fostering economic and spatial integration, these systems help build social cohesion and support long-term solutions to displacement.
The session will feature case studies from:
UNHCR - on urban rental accommodation and cash support programs for refugees and asylum seekers in Greece, IFRC on private hosting initiatives in Europe in response to the Ukraine crisis, UN-Habitat on efforts to record and safeguard Syrian refugees’ HLP rights and supporting evidence. These real-world examples will offer insights into practical solutions that enhance tenure security and access to housing for displaced populations in urban and rural settings.
Building on these case studies, the session will present key findings from the report, outlining scalable and practical HLP solutions to address the complex challenges of displacement caused by conflict, natural disasters, and other crises. The discussion will be structured around three thematic solution categories: humanitarian protection, recovery and resilience. Key enabling factors required to address and prevent displacement.
Read the report:bit.ly/3YDJGZ4
•Moderator:
Jim Robinson, Co-coordinator, GlobalHLPAoR, NRC
•DaphneKapetanaki,
Assistant Protection Officer, UNHCR Greece
Urban rental accommodation and cash
support for refugees and asylum seekers in Greece
•ElaSerdaroglu,
Urban Resilience and Settlements Lead, IFRC
Private Hosting in Europe (Safe
Homes Programme )
•Eleonora
Serpi, AssociateProgrammeManagement Officer, UN-Habitat
Recording and safeguarding Syrian
refugees’ HLP rights and supporting evidence
•Ombretta
Tempra, Chief Land, Housing and Shelter Section, UN-Habitat
Connecting the dots: presentation
of the “Policy Directions: Housing, Land and Property Solutions to Resolve and
Prevent Displacement”
Moderator: Jim Robinson, Co-coordinator, GlobalHLPAoR, NRC DaphneKapetanaki, Assistant Protection Officer, UNHCR Greece ElaSerdaroglu, Urban Resilience and Settlements Lead, IFRC Eleonora Serpi, Co-coordinator Associate ProgrammeManagement Officer, UN-Habitat Ombretta Tempra, Chief Land, Housing and Shelter Section, UN-HabitaT
