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The National Urban Policy (PUN) is guided by a long-term vision anchored in constitutional principles and rights, the commitments adopted by Ecuador in the 2030 Agenda and the NAU, and the guidelines of the new generation of national urban policies. This vision consists of: "Guarantee the right to a safe and healthy habitat, the right to adequate housing and the right to the city, through comprehensive, coordinated and participatory actions, which contribute to the construction of inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable cities and communities."

This National Sustainable Development Plan (NSDP) is the anchor for Grenada’s development agenda and priorities for the period 2020-2035. It provides strategic direction to steer the Tri-island State toward achieving Vision 2035 and as such, it puts forward localized solutions that are aimed at fundamentally improving the way we as Grenadians live, work, treat our natural environment, and interact with our institutions and each other. In so doing, it provides an opportunity for significant national transformation.

The updated National Housing and Human Settlements Policy, with a 2032 horizon, is the guiding and articulating instrument for the sector's interventions to achieve impacts that increase access to decent, safe and healthy housing for families living in poverty. Stopping and reducing the housing deficit is a State issue, which needs to articulate the sector, develop mechanisms to implement the Housing Law 09-2012 and other instruments such as the National Development Plan, the Country Strategic Results and the Sustainable Development Goals.

The National Strategy for Access to Urban Land is an initiative promoted by the Ministry of Housing, Land Management and Environment, conceived as a participatory instance for the elaboration and conceptual development of public policies and, at the same time, an instrumental tool for urban development, land management, housing and habitat.

Cuba's National Action Plan (NAP), a State Plan for the implementation of the New Urban Agenda (NUA) evidences the commitment made by the Cuban Government when it endorsed the Quito Declaration on Sustainable Cities and Human Settlements for All at the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Housing and Urban Development (Habitat III) held in October 2016 and at the XXVI General Assembly of Ministers and Highest Appropriate Authorities of Housing and Urban Development of Latin America and the Caribbean (MINURVI), June 2017, in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

The Physical Development Plan provides a vision for the sustainable growth and development of the nation by setting out policies to guide relationships among land uses, built form, mobility, community facilities and physical infrastructure. It is also intended to be a framework to facilitate and guide investment, both public and private, in Barbados for the next 10 years to advance a healthy, prosperous and resilient nation.

The National Physical Development Plan (NPDP) for the Commonwealth of Dominica ("Dominica") acts together with the National Land Use Policy (NLUP) as the two core documents which fulfill the requirements of the Physical Planning Act. Together the NLUP and NPDP guide planning for land use and development in Dominica.

This proposal for a National Housing and Habitat Policy of El Salvador has been conceptualized as a high-level public management instrument, with a long-term vision that transcends the periods of administration of the Executive Branch (five-year terms) and should give coherence to the programs and projects to be implemented in the short and medium term to provide a structural response to the housing and habitat problems of El Salvador (Pg. 8).

The primary objective of the National Land Use Plan (NLUP) is to provide a strategic framework to guide land development in Guyana. As such the NLUP is built upon a number of national policies and strategies that have a direct relevance for land use and land management.

The National Economic and Social Development Plan for St. Vincent and the Grenadines covers the period 2013-2025, and outlines the country’s long-term strategies for national development. The Plan offers a vision for improving the quality of life for all Vincentians and is anchored on the achievement of the following over-arching goals:

The National Spatial Development Strategy (NSDS) provides the framework for decisions about the ways in which the national space will be used and developed over the next decade and beyond. In this context, ‘space’ includes the land, water and air, for which the people and Government of Trinidad andTobago are responsible.

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This Strategic Plan for the Development of Haiti proposes development orientations and strategies and details the content of the Major Projects for the Recovery and Development of Haiti outlined in the Action Plan for the Recovery and Development of Haiti to make it an emerging country in 2030. Haiti's Strategic Development Plan, a genuine program plan, will enable the national authorities of today and tomorrow to guide development and allocate public investment according to their respective priorities.

Venezuela's Law of Urban Lands purpose is to regulate the tenure of unused urban land, suitable for the development of social housing and habitat programmes, in order to establish the basis for urban development and the progressive satisfaction of the right to decent housing in urban areas.  (Article 1)

Saint Lucia's National Land Policy is intended to provide policy guidance for the use and management of Saint Lucia’s limited, and priceless, land resource, well into the future. It is grounded in the belief that land should be managed in such a manner as to allow Saint Lucians to have access to land, and the services that it provides, on an equitable basis.

Panama's Law 6 of 2006 states that Land Use Planning for urban development is the organisation of the use and occupation of the national territory and urban centres, through a harmonious set of actions and regulations, according to their physical, environmental, socio-economic, cultural, administrative and political-institutional characteristics, with the aim of promoting the sustainable development of the country and improving the quality of life of the population. (Article 2.)

The Housing and Urban Development Policy in Honduras is divided into two parts, including 8 sections, which analyze the general and specific objectives of the consultancy. The first part, the Diagnostic and Conceptual and Institutional Framework, examines the context of the historical development and the current situation of the housing sector, highlighting the following sections:
1. Conceptual framework of the housing policy, public institutionality and legal framework
2. Expansion of land supply and production of housing and basic services

The General Strategy for Land Use Planning articulates sustainable development policies and actions, reorienting territorial development. It identifies the potentialities, constraints and problems of the territory with an emphasis on the municipal level and with the objective of creating a national territorial planning system.

The Mission for the Strengthening of the System of Cities was developed during 2012 and 2013. During the first year, twelve studies were commissioned to define guidelines for national public policies aimed at increasing income, lowering the cost of living and increasing labor mobility in the Colombian system of cities: productivity, cost of living, institutional framework and financing. To complement this, during the second year, new studies were conducted on quality of life, infrastructure investment requirements and digital connectivity.

The primary goal of the Sustainable Island Resource Management Zoning Plan for Antigua and Barbuda (including Redonda) is to present a forward‐looking strategic, national spatial development framework that addresses current development issues, and provides a platform for feasible private and public sector development initiatives, that will reflect local cultural values and aspirations over the next twenty (20) years. Further, it is designed to serve as a revised Draft National Physical Development Plan (NPDP) that meets the criteria of the Physical Planning Act (2003).

The main objective of Chile's National Urban Development Policy is to generate conditions for improved "People's Quality of Life", understood not only with respect to the availability of goods or objective conditions but also in subjective terms, associated to the human dimension and relationships between people.