UN Habitat chief on promoting sustainable cities in an urbanising world

As the number of people who are homeless around the world has reached 300 million, the head of a UN agency charged with trying to tackle the problem has spoken to FRANCE 24 about the global housing crisis. Anacláudia Rossbach is the executive director of UN Habitat. The organisation aims to provide a better quality of life for all in an urbanising world. The group is promoting socially and environmentally sustainable towns and cities – a focal point for all human settlements. She spoke to us in Perspective.