Housing and Cities
DR. Junjian Cao
Senior Lecturer, School of the Built Environment, Oxford Brookes University, UK
The UK Housing Puzzle: State Withdrawal and the Erosion of Supply Capacity
Prof. Piyush Tiwari
Professor of Property at the Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning, University of Melbourne, Australia
The Australian Housing Puzzle: A Homeownership Nation Where Prices Never Fall
Dr. Robert P. Ndugwa
Chief of Data and Statistics, UN-Habitat
Held in 2026 under the theme “It Takes a World to House the World: Building Safe and Resilient Cities and Communities”, the 13th World Urban Forum (WUF13) elevated Housing to the centre of the global urban agenda, framing it as a “connector” for urban development.
GLOBAL DIALOGUE SERIES: HOUSING AND CITY