
Decades of underfunding leads to housing supply crisis and leaves many with no way out of homelessness
by Ella Hancock
Housing provision is a huge challenge in the Central and Eastern European (CEE) region meaning that for most t…

What is the value of global knowledge exchange to local community-led housing initiatives?
by Dr Tom Moore
Dr Tom Moore, is Senior Lecturer in Housing and Planning at the University of Liverpool [email protected]…

35 years of World Habitat Awards (3/3): Learnings
This series of three blogs shows numbers and trends about the awarded projects over the last 35 years. Find th…

35 years of World Habitat Awards (2/3): Historic trends
This series of three blogs shows numbers and trends about the awarded projects over this period. Find the firs…

Defining a shared vision of an end to homelessness
In this blog we hear from Dr Rosie Reynolds (Centre of Homelessness Impact) about their new partnership with W…

ZERO evictions from 27,000 social housing tenancies: How Newcastle is leading the way
by Ella Hancock
To work World Homeless Day earlier this week, we are looking at Beacon Cities – examples of cities where…

Helsinki is still leading the way in ending homelessness – but how are they doing it?
by Ella Hancock
In this blog, to mark World Homeless Day on 10 October, we look at how the Finland city’s Housing First approa…

35 years of World Habitat Awards (1/3): Who wins?
Last year was the 35th year of the World Habitat Awards competition which started in 1986. Every year between …

Ending homelessness is possible – it’s all about a paradigm shift
One of our homelessness partners, Brussels-based Infirmiers de rue, is holding a conference next month, aiming…

Could simple bamboo roofs and mud mixed with lime save houses from severe destruction in Pakistan floods?
Extreme floods are devastating Pakistan, leaving millions of people without homes. David Ireland, chief execut…