🏆 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

✨Los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible, una nueva era para las soluciones locales y cómo abordar la vivienda asequible y el cambio climático son algunos de los temas que se tratan en la Actualización Mensual de octubre, ¡y mucho más! 📖 Consigue tu ejemplar gratuito bit.ly/4nyJ0OY

🏘️As #UrbanOctober comes to a close a new IIED report shows that not only are forced evictions a handbrake on urban resilience by increasing vulnerabilities of communities, but they also undermine carbon reduction targets. Find out more and download the research ▶️ bit.ly/47hozS4

✨Sustainable Development Goals, a new era for local solutions and how to tackle affordable housing and climate change are all covered in October’s Monthly Update + much much more 📖 Get your free copy ▶️ bit.ly/3Jv5h2g

🌍 In parts of Europe we are seeing a political shift, where the language of ‘personal responsibility’ is replacing systemic thinking. 🏘️At our ‘Homelessness and Affordability Conference’ our expert panel discussed what it really takes to end homelessness. Watch the session in full ▶️ bit.ly/473FUxB

Yesterday David Ireland and Adam Challis were guests at the launch of ‘Good Place Lettings.’ 🏘️The joint venture between national homelessness charity Crisis and Homes for Good, aims to bring more social purpose to the private rental market in London. 🔎 Find out more 👉 bit.ly/4nn4fTP

🏘️ The UK is facing a deepening housing crisis 📉. New figures show record numbers are now living in temporary accommodation🏚️. We know there are providers are showing the Private Rented Sector (PRS) can deliver secure, affordable homes at scale. Read more 📖 world-habitat.org/.../the-soci...

This week’s Big Issue is out today! Inside: 🇫🇮 Be more Finland 🚆 Will new train stations save Britain? 🤖 The rise of the machines Pick up a copy today, and read a sneak peek here. 👀 www.bigissue.com/behind-the...

This #UrbanOctober and #WorldHomelessDay we are clear; 🔊 Homelessness is not an individual failing, it is a structural issue. Find out more about primary prevention 📖 bit.ly/3WdQYlA #HousingIsAHumanRight #SystemChange

✨ This #WorldHomelessDay we’re inviting you to take 20 minutes to listen to Matt Downie CEO Crisis on why it’s game time for the housing and homelessness sector. Here Matt reminds us why we must remove the exclusions that create and sustain homelessness💫 Watch his speech▶️ bit.ly/4ob49iW

🌏 Across the globe, aid workers are increasingly facing criminalisation. The case of Jasmin Jerusalem exposes how baseless terrorism charges are being used against NGOs. Here David Ireland calls for greater protection for those delivering life-saving support. 📖 🔗 world-habitat.org/blog/from-li...

🌍 World Habitat has a new online home! For the past few months we have been working hard and we are pleased our new website is now live and now in more languages 🌐 as well as an improved user experience ✨ 👉 Take a look 🔗 world-habitat.org

In early 2025, 4 groups from the Hub for Housing Justice came together to explore propositions for a housing justice framework: In this event, reps of each of working group will discuss how they were developed, the key messages & calls to action & how they form an advocacy strategy🔗 bit.ly/3V8tqhx

In Scotland there are more than 47,000 empty homes 🏠 At Homes for Good they are working with the Scottish Empty Homes Partnership and Shelter to bring empty homes back in to use. Here Barry Sweeney shows us their recent restoration and talks about what it means for tenants. ▶️ bit.ly/3I9ui2j

💫 New research calls for community led alternatives to traditional housing development across Europe 🪨 Led by the Community Land Trust Network it shows how & why community stewardship should be incorporated into planning, procurement & long-term management of new housing. Read more▶️ bit.ly/42dJsKG