This annual report by the Housing Monitor documents 443 cases received between January 2024 and January 2025, with 215 cases tracked and analyzed in relation to urban transformations, political shifts, and the war’s impact on housing. It highlights the severe housing challenges that unfolded over the past year, and provides a comprehensive analysis of 152 documented cases of housing violations, assessed against UN housing rights standards.
Among the most pressing issues, the Israeli war triggered a large-scale housing crisis, displacing over 110,000 people from southern Lebanon since its outbreak in October 2023. By September 2024, the number of displaced persons had surged beyond one million due to intensified attacks. The inadequate emergency response left 29% of those affected struggling with unaffordable rental costs, while over 10,000 individuals remained homeless in abandoned buildings, makeshift shelters, or the streets, many subjected to forced evictions by Lebanese security forces.
It further explores key trends that emerged during the war, including rising rents, which placed a heavy financial burden on displaced populations; the exclusion of non-Lebanese residents, who faced increased discrimination and housing insecurity; and mass evictions by force, often carried out under arbitrary or coercive conditions.
Read the full Report in Arabic.
