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UN-HABITAT Housing Policy and Development Section (HPDS)
Mandate: The Housing Policy and Development Section (HPDS) was created in May 1999 as one of the organizational units of the Shelter Branch. The main mandate of the Branch is to support the world-wide implementation of the Habitat Agenda, with specific focus on one of its two main goals: "adequate shelter for all". For this purpose, the Branch works towards improving access to shelter for the world’s poor and other vulnerable groups, particularly in developing countries and countries with economies in transition. Within this broad mandate the activities of HPDS focus on three areas, namely: housing policies and programmes; housing rights; and building materials and construction technologies. The work is undertaken in support of the Global Campaign for Secure Tenure, which is one of the main instruments of UN-HABITAT contributing to the implementation of the Habitat Agenda. The activities of the Section focus on the needs and promotion of participatory approaches that can involve and mobilize the aspirations and capacities of the poor, other vulnerable groups and people with special needs...
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