Governments must protect people in their homes through developing and enforcing risk-informed land-use planning and resilient construction practices.

Governments must protect people in their homes through developing and enforcing risk-informed land-use planning and resilient construction practices, increasing public investment in housing resilience, particularly for the most vulnerable populations, and ensuring that accessible, localised risk information reaches every community.

Specifically, governments must:

• Adopt global standards and approaches, such as the Principles for Resilient Infrastructure, that integrate inclusive resilience into infrastructure planning and housing systems.
• Develop and enforce disaster-resilient building codes, including universal accessibility and inclusive design standards.
• Ensure land-use planning is risk-informed and responsive to the differentiated needs and vulnerabilities of diverse population groups.
• Expand inclusive multi-hazard early warning systems that are people-centred, gender-responsive and accessible to all.
• Provide communities with accessible, local-level risk information through inclusive communication approaches that reach all groups, including those most at risk of exclusion.
• Expand access to affordable and prevention-focused home insurance, especially for low-income households and groups facing heightened vulnerability.
• Engage and empower households and communities, including women's groups, OPDs, youth and local leaders, in DRR planning and decision-making.
• Strengthen coordination among public authorities, the private sector, civil society and local communities.
• Combine traditional building practices with modern engineering standards to ensure culturally relevant, affordable and disaster-resilient housing that is also accessible and inclusive.
• Strengthen local capacity by training masons and artisans, including women and youth, in disaster-resilient construction techniques and inclusive design.