Habitat International Coalition (HIC) is pleased to announce the Launch of the Electoral Process for the HIC President. The current term of HIC President will expire at the end of November 2019. The next four-year term will run from end of 2019 through end of 2023.


In the occasion of the second editions of the International Social Housing Festival in Lyon, HIC and the Global Platform for the Right to the City will be organizing an open assembly with HIC members, allies and other organizations.

Stéphan Corriveau, from the Canadian Housing and Renewal Association, pushes for an effective reconciliation process and housing policies that address indigenous people's needs, support indigenous' organizations and address decades of inaction.

Under the context of the upcoming first UN-Habitat Assembly, HIC and HLRN presented an Open Letter to UN Habitat Executive Director demanding more transparency about the new developments concerning the participation of civil society actors and partners under the overall decision-making process of UN-Habitat.

The first session of the UN-Habitat Assembly will be held from 27-31 May 2019, at the headquarters of UN-Habitat in Nairobi. Member States of the United Nations are expected to participate, as well as other United Nations Agencies, Local authorities and non-state actors including civil society, youth and women group representatives, the private sector and the Academia.