Within humanitarian programming, all actors have a responsibility to ensure that that protection considerations are at the centre of their actions and that the needs of all people are taken into account in their response. Shelter and settlements activities in particular can play an important role in safeguarding the health, security, privacy and dignity of people affected by disasters and crises, but we know that these activities still do not systematically include persons with disabilities. Persons with disabilities not only have the same rights to and need to benefit from shelter assistance as everyone else as reinforced under the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), but are also often disproportionately affected in emergency situations, making the imperative to deliver inclusive shelter and settlement programming even more important.  

These revised guidance materials have been developed through a consultative process involving shelter and settlement practitioners, disability experts and organisations of persons with disabilities along with a detailed review of relevant related guidance and frameworks.

These new All Under One Roof materials are more streamlined and focused on the shelter and settlements sector, including different types of shelter interventions. They have also been updated to include recommendations that respond to a more diverse and varying range of impairments which, in interaction with various barriers, may result in disability