
Five things we have learned about global homelessness responses to COVID-19
A lot has changed since the outbreak of COVID-19. But at World Habitat our vision remains the same – a world w…

COVID-19 homelessness response
Celeste Sangster, from World Habitat’s European End Street Homelessness Campaign team, analyses the incredible…

Basic human rights shouldn’t require miracles
I met Juan Carlos and Salvador in their flat, tucked away high above the busy, winding streets of Barcelona’s …

Housing First – a not so ‘secret solution’
Just a few days after I attended the FEANTSA Policy Conference 2019, a UK newspaper published an article touti…

Celebrating Extraordinary Women: Yasmeen Lari
International Women’s Day is an opportunity to celebrate women and girls around the world for their courage, d…

More than a simple stove: transforming lives in rural Pakistan
Walking into a village in rural Sindh, southern Pakistan, for the first time, I’m instantly struck by the cont…

There is no agony like bearing an untold story inside you
I was three and a half when dad died. Mum didn’t know how to cope and my relationship with her has been diffic…

A human connection
Sekou* first came to Europe 15 years ago to buy clothes, which he planned to take back to his home country of …

Should we give to people who beg?
This winter’s freezing temperatures brought homelessness to the headlines. The number of people recorded dyin…