Engaging young people from informal settlements in housing and urban governance

Young people from informal settlements are actively organising to shape more just urban futures, working together to overcome insecure housing, poor services and intersecting forms of discrimination and marginalisation.

Youth groups are employing a range of strategies to become local leaders, challenge stigma and influence decision making – often enabled by digital technologies. They are producing data, documenting community realities and sharing their knowledge through collective learning.

Young people from informal settlements are key urban stakeholders who are already laying the foundations for more inclusive and equitable cities; it is essential to recognise and engage them as partners in addressing current and future urban challenges.