How do we Achieve SDG #6 by 2030? A Case of Informal Water Services and Water-housing Insecurity Nexus in Nairobi Kenya

Presently, about one billion people reside in slums around the world, creating an ongoing urbanisation and development challenge. Slum settlements lack tenure security, posing an additional challenge for municipal and national governments in providing basic services. In particular, safe and affordable access to water for slum residents remains unmet, as slum settlements often lack municipal water supply coverage and rely on small-scale informal water services. This talk examines how informal water services interact with housing tenure networks in slums to create a challenging housing-water insecurity nexus and urges practitioners to address the nexus together rather than addressing SDG #6 – “clean and safe water for all” as a standalone issue to address.