The Unforgivable Impact of Homelessness 👇 New analysis by the Platform for Social Housing, shows a person freezes to death on the street almost everyday in the Czech Republic & people with experience of homelessness die sixteen years younger than other people. 📉 Read the Analysis ➡️ bit.ly/3OW8dYg

This International Women’s Day 2026 it's important to highlight gender inequality. In this blog World Habitat Award winners FUNDASAL explore how housing exclusion in El Salvador’s historic ‘mesones’ (a type of boarding house) disproportionately affects women. Find out more ➡️ bit.ly/4cuTtcy #IWD2026

👭 This ‘International Women’s Day 2026’ we’re recognising the Equality Act, that says you must not discriminate against someone because of their gender and celebrate our 2026 World Habitat Awards Winner – Build Back Safer, by CARE in Vanuatu. 🏆 Find out more ➡️ bit.ly/4bFHb0s #IWD2026

Alliance members include MOBA Housing SCE European Community Land Trust Network Association urbaMonde NETCO project Community Land Trust Bxl World Habitat European Student Housing Cooperative Alliance (ESCHA)

This week Geert De Pauw took members of the Collaborative Housing Alliance to see CLT Molenbeek, Brussels, the first of its kind in the city. The Alliance represents proven non-profit, non-speculative & community-driven responses to Europe’s housing crisis Read more about the CLT ▶️ bit.ly/4kTQEEb

These days it’s a rare but wonderful thing to see your name in full-colour print! Thanks to the lovely people at The Flow Trip we get to see World Habitat and a beautiful image of 2025 Gold awardees Tanzania Women Architects for Humanity (TAWAH) in their ‘Home Issue’ presented by Patagonia 🙇‍♀️

Since 1985 the World Habitat Awards have become a catalyst for advancing housing solutions worldwide. As Ombretta Tempra UN-HABITAT says ‘…we continue to count on the work of the awards to expand the menu of housing solutions that we can learn from.’ Enter the awards🔗 world-habitat.org/awards2027/

🏘️ Conventional approaches to housing may no longer be enough! We are now accepting applications for the 2027 awards and welcome early-stage ideas that have been proven in practice but might not yet be well known 💙 Find out more 🔗 bit.ly/3ZfaNug or Enter before the 4th March 🔗 bit.ly/4qkuzj7

🏆 Applications to the 2027 awards, in partnership with UN-Habitat, are now open. Will you apply or can you help us to discover practical, high-quality approaches to pressing housing issues 🏠 Find out more🚨 world-habitat.org/awards/how-t... or enter the Awards🚨 world-habitat.org/awards2027/

‘You’ve refused to treat housing exclusion as a personal failing & instead are addressing the policies & systems that create it….’ 🤝 🏆At the 2026 World Habitat Awards celebration Leilani Farha @maketheshift.bsky.social addressed the winners. Enter the 2027 Awards 🔗 world-habitat.org/awards2027/

At World Habitat we know the solutions to solving homelessness are out there & show with the right policies and support, we can end homelessness & create a better world. If you're involved or are aware of an innovative approach we'd love to hear from you. Enter the 2027 Awards 🖇️ bit.ly/4qkuzj7

💚Estem molt contentes de gestionar les assegurances d'un projecte cooperatiu com Les Juntes, reconeguda als @worldhabitat.bsky.social 2026. Enhorabona, companyes! Vist a @jornalpuntcat.bsky.social. #HabitatgeCooperatiu

El premi @worldhabitat.bsky.social reconeix la feina col·lectiva 💜 d'una xarxa veïnal que defensa, des de La Florida, l’habitatge, la sobirania alimentària, els drets culturals i una vida bona per totes. Gràcies a @ladinamo, #LaFloridaSAveïna, l’#AViVFlorida i totes les persones que en formen part.

David Ireland, Director Executiu de @worldhabitat.bsky.social diu: «És un exemple de com l’habitatge cooperatiu pot exercir un paper clau dins de les polítiques d’habitatge assequible. Ofereix un model que les autoritats locals d’arreu d’Europa podrien adaptar per abordar la inseguretat residencial»

🏆 Mutual Housing with Habitat for Humanity has received a 2026 World Habitat Bronze Award, for Cornerstone USA. 🎊 🏘️A mixed-income affordable housing development in South Sacramento Watch this short video about their work 🎇 bit.ly/4pPNMsG Read all the details 🎇 bit.ly/4pPNMJc

🏆 Housing NOW - Myanmar, has received a World Habitat Bronze Award, in partnership with UN-HABITAT, for its low-cost, low-carbon bamboo housing for people displaced by conflict and climate disasters. 🎊 Watch this short video about their work 🎇 bit.ly/4b8Vmes Read all the details 🎇 bit.ly/460roFM

🏆 CARE Vanuatu’s ‘Build Back Safer’ project has received a 2026 World Habitat Bronze Award for empowering communities – particularly women – to lead safer reconstruction after devastating cyclones. 🎊 Watch this short video about their work 🎇 bit.ly/3Ly00br Read all the details 🎇 bit.ly/4bFHb0s

🏆 The Architectural Design & Research Institute of Tsinghua University (THAD) has received a 2026 World Habitat Bronze Award, for the regeneration of Taihe Old Town Historic and Cultural Block🎊 Watch this short video about their work 🎇 bit.ly/3Z6Od7f Read all the details 🎇 bit.ly/4r1lP26

🏆 Hameaux Légers – in France – has received a 2026 World Habitat Bronze Award, in partnership with UN-HABITAT, for its pioneering model of lightweight, environmentally responsible rural housing. 🎊 Watch this short video about their work 🎇 bit.ly/3NtZegb Read all the details 🎇 bit.ly/4sMKMzZ

🏆 The community-led, in-situ redevelopment of the Sanjaynagar informal settlement in Ahmednagar, India, led by the Community Design Agency, has won a 2026 Silver World Habitat Award 🎊 Watch this short video about their work 🎇 bit.ly/4pKzlWE Read all the details 🎇 bit.ly/3ZiWwfY

🏆 Greater Change UK has won a 2026 Silver World Habitat Award for its highly personalised, trust-based approach to ending homelessness by providing flexible grants that address individual needs. Watch this short video about their work 🎇 bit.ly/4q5UyLf Read all the details 🎇 bit.ly/45n33Ki

🏆 Les Juntes, Catalonia, has received a World Habitat Award, for upholding the right to housing, by communally converting properties formerly owned by banks into cooperative homes for people facing eviction or housing insecurity. 🎊 Watch this video 🎇 bit.ly/4k7e7S1 Read more 🎇 bit.ly/4k7e88x

Housing & heritage regeneration by the Hebron Rehabilitation Committee & transforming homelessness policy & practice by ‘The Platform for Social Housing’ Czech Republic are today announced as the 2026 World Habitat Award GOLD winners. See more bit.ly/3YNaQ08 Read more 🎇 bit.ly/4pLdvlU

🎉 If you are interested in solutions to global housing challenges... ...then join us for the LIVE announcements of the 2026 World Habitat Awards winners with reflections and endorsements from the Global Director of The Shift, Leilani Farha 💡 Book your free place 👇 bit.ly/4qtIlk5 #WHA #WHA26

🎉 If you are interested in solutions to housing poverty & homelessness, urban regeneration, sustainable construction & resilience in the face of displacement join us for the announcements of the 2026 World Habitat Awards winners with UN-HABITAT’s Ombretta Tempra. Book your place 👇 bit.ly/4qtIlk5

⚡ NEWSFLASH ⚡ The World Habitat website is available in English, Spanish, French, Portugese, Italian, German AND NOW Korean, Mandarin, Japanese, Arabic, Hindi, and Swahili Visit today and choose the language of your choice 📖 world-habitat.org

Recently Spanish government fined property rentals giant Airbnb €64m for advertising unlicensed apartments. 🏖️ 📚 Here, David Ireland remembers the moment residents sprayed tourists with water pistols & looks at the short-term rental impact on housing. 🔗 world-habitat.org/.../airbnb-a...

✨SAVE THE DATE! 🏆 Join World Habitat, in partnership with UN-Habitat, for the announcement of the 2026 World Habitat Awards Winners. 🏆 🤝Tune in to be among the first to meet this year’s inspiring winners - Register Today 👇 bit.ly/4qtIlk5

✨Short-term rentals with long-term consequences, a competition for global innovation, and housing’s prominent role in the climate emergency are all covered in our end of year Monthly Update + much much more 📖 Get your free copy bit.ly/3MKdCRe

🏠 Safe housing. Strong women. Thriving communities. In Mhaga village, rural Tanzania, an initiative by Tanzania Women Architects for Humanity is transforming lives. Women are learning new skills, investing in their futures & building homes for elderly community members 🏡 🔗 Read more: bit.ly/3XzhsyB

Like many towns, Hastings struggles with poor-quality housing. Residents decided to take matters into their own hands & created Hastings Commons, a community-led effort to bring derelict & historic buildings back to life. 🛠️ Their success is already helping others. Find out why🔗 bit.ly/3XzhsyB

For 40 years, we’ve supported sustainable and affordable housing projects around the world. Like, the Proyecto ENLACE del Caño Martín Peña Community Land Trust that has helped 2,000 families gain legal ownership of the land under their homes, 💛 🔗 Find out more bit.ly/3XzhsyB

🌍 Around 14 years ago in the Philippines, innovation sparked a powerful idea: use solar power & recycled bottles to bring light to communities without reliable access to electricity.💡 Today it's a global movement, with thousands adopting Liter of Light’s approach. 🔗 Find out more bit.ly/3XzhsyB

Adapting to the climate crisis means giving communities the tools to understand, prepare for & reduce the risks of extreme weather. 🌍 The Aga Khan Agency for Habitat combine local knowledge, scientific risk-mapping, and community-led risk assessments to reduce exposure. Learn more ⏩ bit.ly/3XzhsyB

🏡🌱 Energiesprong uses insulated panels, solar power ☀️ & heat pumps to upgrade homes quickly & with very little disruption to residents. Today, this solution has been applied to 10,000+ projects Find out more ⏩ bit.ly/3XzhsyB or tell us about a climate innovation everyone should know about 👇

🌍 For generations, we have highlighted projects that address the roots of #homelessness. In Jakarta, communities organised, advocated & won 🛡️ — keeping families safe in their homes. 📘✨ Explore #housing solutions offering hope ⏩ bit.ly/3XzhsyB or tag other inspiring solutions👇🙌

🏠 We know what works when it comes to ending homelessness: community-led action, good data, & a Housing First approach. They’re proven solutions from our winners. 💡❤️ Do you know anyone that deserves recognition. We’d love to hear from you! 👉 Find out more: world-habitat.org/.../40-years...

In our 40 Years publication with UN-HABITAT, we explore how we can prevent homelessness by following Barcelona’s example. ✨ Find out how prevention can change lives — and how we can create long-term solutions together. 🤝🌍 👉 Get your free copy today! 📥✨ world-habitat.org/.../40-years...

🎉 As 2025 draws to a close, we’re proud to join UN-HABITAT in recognising four decades of incredible, impactful housing initiatives from across the globe 🏘️🌍 To mark this milestone, we’ve created a special publication 👉 Get your free copy today! 📥✨ world-habitat.org/.../40-years...

🌍 By focusing on our global outlook, we are fortunate to help build meaningful connections between people, organisations, and ideas across the world. ▶️ world-habitat.org/about/our-st... ✏️ Do you want to join the conversation? If so, we’d love to hear from you #GloballyMinded

🌍 With COP30 underway, the world is looking for strong leadership on the climate emergency. ✅Being #ClimateFocused means we act to change that in our own work ▶️ world-habitat.org/about/our-st... & send a positive & hopeful message to others. What message would you to give to the summit?

🤝 For us, being #Independent is fundamental. In doing so, we can decentralise power & help communities build resilience & self-reliance, a true path toward safe & secure housing ▶️ world-habitat.org/about/our-st... ✏️ Do you know an organisation that values independence – how do they do it?

🌍 Challenges from the climate emergency & growing inequality, the rise of populist media & governments, demand new ways of thinking & acting ▶️ world-habitat.org/about/our-st... ✏️ Do you know an organisation that values #Innovation to meet human needs more successfully, sustainably, & inclusively?

Since 2021, we’ve been proud recipients of the Small Charities Award for Diversity from the National Centre for Diversity - but how does it work? world-habitat.org/about/our-st... ✏️ This November we’re asking – how does your organisation show its values, and why is it important to you?

Today, we’re releasing this short animation explaining just how our approach works world-habitat.org/about/our-st... & we’re asking - do you know a housing or habitat solution that would benefit from our ‘Find, Strengthen, Promote’ approach? ✏️ Let us know in the comments, or better still tag them!

🎉Minvu Chile celebrates 10 years of their Rural Habitability Programme! 🏡Last month, the Minister of Housing & Urbanism opened a special online event to mark impact in rural housing policy 🌾Mariana Gallo congratulated the team & highlighted the innovative approach. Find out more ▶️ bit.ly/49FZTEg

🪴If you’re thinking about how social investment around housing might drive your impact and contribute to resolving the UK housing crisis then this is the session for you. Explore how funders & organisations are using social investment to address housing challenges. Book your place 🔜 bit.ly/47HA2JE

🏠 On 25 November, join World Habitat and ministries, municipalities, and partners from across Central and Eastern Europe 🌍 to exchange ideas and drive housing-led approaches 💡with Alena Vachnová, Chair of the Board of Directors at Foundation DEDO, Slovakia 📅 Register now 👉 bit.ly/4oQS7f1

🏘️The Housing Justice Network influencing UN discussions! Formed 2023, with our support, the network unites grassroots organisations across Southwest Asia & North Africa to promote housing & land rights. Their report on people-centred land policies is now influencing UN discussions▶️ bit.ly/43LOejt

How Much Progress Have We Made on Housing for All? With the #UrbanOctober focus on the future of cities, our latest blog by our CEO David Ireland explores how the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have impacted urban life around the world. Find out more ▶️ bit.ly/4361BuI