The United Nations and the World Urban Forum on Habitat: housing and the city

Abstract

Travel Report upon the 7th World Urban Forum (WUF) organized by UN-Habitat, in Medellin, Colombia. The meet. ing was held in the context of the preparation of two major events the United Nations are preparing for 2015 and 2016, which should not go unnoticed. It seeks to identify some of the public policy issues relevant to the Peruvian public, whose authorities did not attend the meeting. Issues such as rental housing and value capture must be present at the national, regional and municipal levels, the latter changing authorities this year. The report provides an introduction to the documents arising from numerous groups of authorities and experts meetings after an intense week on April this year.