1. Land and Shelter: MDG MDG Goal of 100 million slum dwellers by 2020
2005 status

2. Land and Shelter: Size of Challenge
Half of humanity lives in cities
By 2050 urban population doubles to 5.3 billion
Urban growth synonymous with slum formation
Space taken by cities increases by 175% by 2030
Need to build 96,000 housing units a day to keep pace with 2030 projections

3. Land and Shelter: Gap Analysis in Land
Conventional land administration –lots of work
GLTN innovative pro poor land tools – improved from 6 years ago
Political-technical link
Land governance mainstreamed
Range of rights & individual freehold approach
Pro poor land tools huge agenda – take years

4. Land and Shelter: Gap Analysis in Shelter
Need new concept of shelter/housing policy
Lack commonly accepted framework
Fallen off agenda of governments, bilaterals & development banks
Burden shifted to private sector – formal & informal
No general model for social housing
No robust link between land & housing
Slum upgrading – need robust solutions

5. Land and Shelter: Key Land Issues
No political will & prioritisation
Individual title emphasis
Inequitable land & subsidy redistribution
Incomplete land registration & LI
Insufficient pro poor land tools
Need to balance competing interests
Planning & non compliance
Complex state structure –coalition of interests, levels of decentralisation, public & private, different arms of government
8. Robust strategies & tactics over time, judicial activism, media, lobbying, managing strategic repositioning.

6. Land and Shelter: Key Shelter Issues
Major shelter backlog
Rapid demand –war, disaster
No political will & prioritisation
Focus too narrow – technical understanding not HR & socio-cultural
Relocation & resettlement/demolition
Slum prevention – systemic
Access to basic infrastructure
Municipality in critical path – limited financial & human resources
Making land and housing markets work
Alternative shelter and tenure options
Enabling regulatory frameworks

7. Land and Shelter: Conclusions
Put shelter issues back on global agenda
Develop & undertake research for evidence creation, learning and advocacy particularly for shelter
Link land and housing more robustly
Continue pro poor & innovative land tools focus and upscale faster