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Lands, Public Works, Housing and Urban Development CS Alice Wahome, Housing and Urban Development PS Charles Hinga, Eswatini Minister of Housing and Urban Development Appolo Maphalala and Devolution PS Michael Lenasalon during a side event organised by Kenya and UN-Habitat at the World Urban Forum held in Baku, Azerbaijan. [Graham Kajilwa, Standard]

Whenever there are discussions on housing, the connotation is usually four walls and a roof over the head. But what exactly is housing? What does it mean to provide housing for someone?

These are some of the critical questions that came out of the just-concluded World Urban Forum (WUF) held in Baku, Azerbaijan.

The definition of housing seems to vary: from one institution to another, and from one individual to the next. Some view housing as an investment, and another lot sees the same as shelter.