Urban Housing & Land Justice: Equitable Access to Sustainable Land, Housing & Services

This master track will focus on understanding, applying, and evaluating how the right to land, housing and urban services can be achieved.

In a world with ample resources, knowledge, and skills, inequalities are growing worldwide. This manifests itself in economic inequality, social inequality, gender inequality, and housing inequality. Adequate housing is a basic need, a right, and not a privilege.

Land and shelter remain unmet basic needs for many, with growing global land inequality fuelling housing disparities and limited access to services. Unequal land access underlies pressing societal issues, including housing injustice. The challenge of adequate housing persists globally, as vulnerable groups face displacement and limited infrastructure, while non-profitable land uses like affordable housing are marginalized. Due to ongoing commodification, this exclusivity affects global urban access to land, housing, and services. Addressing housing and land justice aligns with shared societal goals outlined in the New Urban Agenda (NUA) and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Thus, the master track will focus on understanding, applying, and evaluating how the right to land, housing and urban services can be achieved.