{"id":6032,"date":"2026-06-23T00:02:06","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T22:02:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/urbamonde.org\/?p=6032"},"modified":"2026-06-23T14:25:05","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T12:25:05","slug":"advancing-community-led-housing-on-the-global-stage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/urbamonde.org\/en\/advancing-community-led-housing-on-the-global-stage\/","title":{"rendered":"Advancing Community-Led Housing on the Global Stage"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"6032\" class=\"elementor elementor-6032\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9e04185 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"9e04185\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36c34f4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"36c34f4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"> urbaMonde and the CoHabitat Network at WUF13 in Baku, Azerbaijan<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-efc4353 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"efc4353\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From 18 to 21 May 2026, urbaMonde and members of the CoHabitat Network participated in the 13th World Urban Forum (WUF13) in Baku, Azerbaijan. Under the theme <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00ab\u00a0Housing the World: Safe and Resilient Cities and Communities\u00a0\u00bb<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the forum brought together governments, civil society organisations, researchers, practitioners, and community representatives to discuss solutions to the global housing crisis.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9772124 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9772124\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Habitat Village: A Space for Exchange and Collective Action<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c48d464 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c48d464\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A central meeting point for civil society at WUF13 was the <strong>Habitat Village<\/strong>, a collaborative space hosted within the Civil Society Cluster. Bringing together grassroots movements, researchers, housing practitioners, youth groups, and community leaders, the Habitat Village provided a vibrant platform for dialogue, networking, and collective reflection on the future of housing and cities.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Throughout the forum, participants engaged in discussions on the right to housing, community-led solutions, climate justice, communication and storytelling, and the role of new generations in defending habitat-related human rights. The initiative was made possible through the collaboration of a broad international coalition of organisations, including Habitat International Coalition, IIED, World Habitat, Rooftops Canada, MOBA Housing SCE, the Global Platform for the Right to the City, and Catalytic Communities, among many others.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For members of the CoHabitat Network, the Habitat Village served as both a meeting place and a platform to showcase practical experiences of community-led housing and cooperative development from around the world.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7fe24d2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7fe24d2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Community-Led Finance for Housing Justice<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-41ce7f4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"41ce7f4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/urbamonde.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_20260519_111217392_HDR-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-6145\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/urbamonde.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_20260519_111217392_HDR-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/urbamonde.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_20260519_111217392_HDR-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/urbamonde.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_20260519_111217392_HDR-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/urbamonde.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_20260519_111217392_HDR-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/urbamonde.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_20260519_111217392_HDR-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/urbamonde.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_20260519_111217392_HDR-18x10.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Session at the Habitat Village (WUF13): Community-Led Finance Approaches to Housing Justice<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-65724aa elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"65724aa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of the first sessions involving urbaMonde took place on 19 May with the discussion <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00ab\u00a0Community-led finance approaches to advance housing justice\u00a0\u00bb<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, organised by the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED).<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Representing urbaMonde, Bea Varnai contributed to a dialogue on how community-led finance mechanisms can address the housing crisis while advancing social and environmental justice. The session explored lessons from the recent report <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Community-led Finance for Adequate Housing<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and highlighted the important role of collective savings groups, community-driven philanthropy, and locally managed financial mechanisms in supporting housing solutions and informal settlement upgrading.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The discussion reinforced a key message shared across many WUF13 events: local communities are not merely beneficiaries of housing programmes but active financial actors capable of designing and managing sustainable solutions.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To learn more, read our publication \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/urbamonde.org\/en\/community-led-finance-local-solutions-transforming-the-housing-crisis\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Community-led Finance for Adequate Housing<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d175da elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4d175da\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Housing Finance in a Shifting Funding Environment<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2acfb28 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2acfb28\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On 20 May, urbaMonde participated in the networking event <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00ab\u00a0Financing Housing in a Shifting Funding Environment \u2013 From ODA to Philanthropy and Local Funding Mechanisms.\u00a0\u00bb<\/span><\/i><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bea Varnai joined an international panel alongside representatives from Habitat for Humanity International, IIED, the World Bank, Shelter and Settlements Alternatives, UN-Habitat Canada, and other housing practitioners.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The session addressed a growing concern within the housing sector: the significant reduction of Official Development Assistance (ODA) and the need to develop new financing pathways for adequate housing. Speakers explored how housing actors can strengthen local ownership, mobilise community-led finance, improve housing data systems, leverage philanthropic contributions, and develop blended finance approaches that combine public, private, and community resources.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The discussion highlighted the urgent need to ensure that housing remains central to international development agendas and to safeguard progress toward SDG 11 despite a rapidly changing funding landscape.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-511d96e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"511d96e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Strengthening Cooperative Housing Finance through the MOBA Accelerator<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-57ffd59 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"57ffd59\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/urbamonde.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_20260520_124725390_HDR-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-6152\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/urbamonde.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_20260520_124725390_HDR-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/urbamonde.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_20260520_124725390_HDR-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/urbamonde.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_20260520_124725390_HDR-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/urbamonde.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_20260520_124725390_HDR-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/urbamonde.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_20260520_124725390_HDR-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/urbamonde.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_20260520_124725390_HDR-18x10.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9ad2885 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9ad2885\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On 21 May, Bea Varnai moderated the session <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00ab\u00a0The MOBA Accelerator \u2013 Building the Missing Piece in Cooperative Housing Finance.\u00a0\u00bb<\/span><\/i><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The session presented the MOBA Accelerator as an innovative response to one of the major barriers facing community-led and cooperative housing initiatives: access to long-term, affordable finance. Participants explored how cooperative finance mechanisms, strategic partnerships, and collective governance structures can create lasting housing affordability while strengthening urban resilience.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Particularly relevant in contexts where public housing systems remain limited and speculative pressures dominate housing markets, the discussion demonstrated how cooperative housing can provide a viable alternative that combines affordability, security, and democratic management.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4ca087f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4ca087f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Community-Led Housing Beyond Market-Driven Models<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-06df4c6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"06df4c6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Beyond urbaMonde&rsquo;s direct contributions, members of the <strong>CoHabitat Network<\/strong> participated in several key events throughout WUF13. These included discussions on lessons from forty years of the World Habitat Awards, community-led housing tools for European cities, and reflections on emerging cooperative housing movements across Europe&rsquo;s semi-periphery.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Together, these sessions showcased the diversity of community-led housing approaches and reinforced the importance of international exchange. Experiences from Africa, Latin America, Europe, and Asia demonstrated that while contexts differ, common principles\u2014collective action, democratic governance, solidarity-based finance, and local ownership\u2014continue to offer effective responses to growing housing challenges.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The diversity of approaches was also reflected through the <\/span><b>Favela Hub<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, coordinated by Catalytic Communities (CatComm), which created a dedicated space to amplify favela-based perspectives, showcase locally driven urban solutions, and strengthen dialogue around community leadership, territorial justice, and the recognition of informal settlements as places of innovation and collective action.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6abc40a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6abc40a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/urbamonde.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/FavelaHub_WUF13-1024x768.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-6104\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/urbamonde.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/FavelaHub_WUF13-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/urbamonde.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/FavelaHub_WUF13-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/urbamonde.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/FavelaHub_WUF13-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/urbamonde.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/FavelaHub_WUF13-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/urbamonde.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/FavelaHub_WUF13-16x12.jpeg 16w, https:\/\/urbamonde.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/FavelaHub_WUF13.jpeg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Favela Hub WUF13 @CatComm<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d99ac1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2d99ac1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Looking Ahead<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8d103a8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8d103a8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WUF13 confirmed that the global housing crisis cannot be addressed through market solutions alone. Across the forum, community-led housing, cooperative development, and innovative financing mechanisms emerged as essential components of more inclusive and resilient urban futures.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For urbaMonde and the CoHabitat Network, participation in WUF13 provided an opportunity to strengthen partnerships, contribute to global policy discussions, and highlight the practical experiences of communities that are already building alternatives. 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