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World Habitat Awards


The World Habitat Awards were established in 1985 by the Building and Social Housing Foundation as part of its contribution to the United Nations International Year of Shelter for the Homeless.

Two awards are given annually to projects from the global north as well as the south that provide practical and innovative solutions to current housing needs and problems.

Every year an award of £10,000 is presented to each of the two winners at the annual United Nations global celebration of World Habitat Day. Travel and accommodation costs are also met for one representative of each winning project to attend the awards ceremony.


Click here to visit the World Habitat Awards website.

News and Events

How people face evictions

Exchange seminar to take place in Istanbul, Turkey in February 2010.

Conference: who will deliver affordable housing?

The focus of affordable housing delivery seems to be moving from housing associations to local authorities. This conference will examine the changes.

Meeting held at the Rockefeller Center in Bellagio

Discussions focussed on the identification of innovative practices and policies and the key actions needed to address the problems of social marginalisation.