Somalia: Housing, Land and Property (HLP AoR)

Background

The Housing, Land and Property Area of Responsibility (HLP AoR) of the Global Protection Cluster were created in 2007. To ensure appropriate attention to a range of specific protection areas on Housing Land and Property (HLP) rights. Protection Cluster set up several Areas of Responsibility (AoR), one of which is the Housing, Land and Property (HLP) issues. Globally co-chaired by NRC and UN-Habitat. While in Somalia the Housing Land and Property Area of Responsibility is led by the Norwegian Refugee Council and co-chaired at state and district levels by either relevant government agency or INGO/NNGO.

Membership and participation

Participation in the HLP AoR/Sub-Cluster in Somalia is open and aims to achieve the highest levels of inclusiveness and operational effectiveness. Membership is determined in accordance with the criteria outlined in the Terms of Reference.

Somalia Housing Land and Property Area of Responsibility (HLP AoR) Terms of Reference

The HLP AoR, provides a forum for coordination of interventions, consensus- building, creation of partnerships and linkages to foster a strategic and consensual approach to address housing, land and property concerns.

Key Resources

Somalia Eviction Monitoring Portal

This eviction monitoring portal was developed to facilitate the systematic tracking of evictions, enabling users to visualize trends, prevalence, and underlying patterns.

HLP Response & Partner Presence Dashboard

This dashboard presents a compilation of HLP 5W data submitted by partners. It is updated monthly to reflect the latest available data.

HLP Response Monitoring and Partner Presence Dashboard

Latest cluster updates

Somalia

Somalia Eviction Analysis Assessment - August 2025

Yearly eviction trends • For the last eight years, over 2,011,228 people/IDPs in Somalia experienced Forced Evictions. Yearly trends show an overall increase in evictions from 2015 (53,480 evictions) to a peak in 2018 (313,964 evictions). It’s important…

Somalia

Puntland Eviction Risk Assessment Report: Developing a Balanced Understanding of Evictions in Puntland to Inform Early Warning Actions and Solutions Interventions (July 2025)

Introduction Puntland is witnessing a growing trend of forced evictions, primarily driven by rising land values, limited public land allocation for displaced populations, and weak enforcement of tenure rights. The increasing number of IDPs has overwhelmed municipal…

Somalia

Somalia: Eviction Risk Mapping (ERM) Report – Banadir – March 2025

1. Executive Summary This report presents the findings of an Eviction Risk Mapping (ERM) exercise conducted across 2,565 internally displaced persons (IDP) camps in Banadir, Mogadishu, by the Peace Hub Foundation (PHF) in collaboration with the Banadir Regional Administration…

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Meeting minutes

Somalia

Somalia: HLP AoR, Talking points on Evictions – meeting with the Mayor of Bosaso (26 Aug 2025)

I. Purpose The purpose of this brief is to inform and guide discussions between the Humanitarian and Donnors and the Mayor of Bosaso regarding the eviction notice to IDPs currently residing in Boqolka Buush (720hh), Tawakal (820hh), and Xaadoole(16hh)…