By Prudence Adjanohoun, Secretary General of the Réseau Habitat et Francophonie and International Affairs Officer at the Union sociale pour l’habitat The African continent faces a housing deficit of more than 53 million units [1] . States, local authorities, developers, financiers, urban planners… Over the past few years, we have witnessed an unprecedented collective mobilization of all stakeholders. This is historic and deserves recognition. It also reflects a powerful wave

REPORT FROM THE ADP URBAN THINKERS CAMPUS IN GUISE (March 20 25) INTRODUCTION Housing is not a new issue. It has always shaped the city as much as it has revealed its fractures. Yet today, an unprecedented convergence of crises—economic, social, and climatic—has amplified its significance, complicated its challenges, and made responses more urgent than ever. Rarely has the housing question been so political, so global, or so revealing of the inequalities and dead ends of our

By Luc GNACADJA, President of GPS-Development, Former Minister of Environment and Urban Development (Benin), Former Executive Secretary of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification. A False Problem? For decades, reports and diagnoses have repeated the same findings: Africa faces a housing deficit estimated at over 56 million units according to the African Development Bank [1] . By 2040, this figure could double if nothing is done to address the continent's demographic and u