Manifested by the commendations from the delegates of the yearly event, the Asia-Pacific Shelter and Settlements Forum (APSSF) this 2024 was successfully organized by the Philippine Government through the Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD) and the Ministry of Human Settlements and Development, the Housing Arm of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), with the Catholic Relief Services, Caritas Manila, Incorporated, Build Change, and other significant development and donor partners.

With this, as the forum concluded, the responsibility of hosting the APSSF next year was handed over yesterday (October 22, 2024) by Arch. Henry L. Yap, EnP, Undersecretary for Planning International Cooperation and Institutional Partnerships of the DHSUD and Minister Atty. Hamid Aminoddin D. Barra of the MHSD, for the Philippine Government to Khalid M. Shaikh, Secretary of Sindh People’s Housing for Flood Affectees of the Government of Pakistan.