A new UN report says housing is getting less affordable almost everywhere, as shortages, overcrowding and slum populations keep rising
UN-Habitat has presented its World Cities Report 2026, devoted this year to the global crisis of housing affordability. Its main conclusion is stark: housing has become less affordable almost everywhere than it was two decades ago.
In recent years, housing prices have risen sharply, while the global average price-to-household-income ratio increased from 9.5 in 2010 to 11.7 in 2023. Housing costs have grown much faster than incomes, reducing affordability overall and especially for lower-income families.
As the…
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