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Winners

Read about hundreds of award winning housing projects from across the globe, or use the filter tools to narrow your search by year, region, theme and more. Or display all winners since 1986.

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This database contains information on practical and innovative solutions to current housing problems throughout the world.

Initiated in 1985, the annual World Habitat Awards competition attracts projects which provide an outstanding contribution to people’s living conditions in a variety of contexts.

Details of the winning projects from each year are included in this database.

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Hastings Commons

2025 Gold | United Kingdom

Community Land Trust
Scale: City / Town
Theme: Community participation

New Ground Cohousing Community

2024 Bronze | United Kingdom

Community Land Trust
Scale: Local / Neighbourhood
Theme: Community participation

Mas Coop: An intergenerational, ecological, and solidarity-based residents’ cooperative

2023 Bronze | France

Community-based Organisation (CBO)
Scale: Local / Neighbourhood
Theme: Community participation

Introducing Community Land Trusts in Continental Europe

2021 Gold | Belgium

Community Land Trust
Scale: City / Town
Theme: Community-led housing

Building Homes Collectively for Better Habitat

2021 Bronze | Indonesia

Non-governmental organisation (NGO)
Scale: Local / Neighbourhood
Theme: Community participation

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2020 Silver | Netherlands

Multi-stakeholder Partnership
Scale: Local / Neighbourhood
Theme: Community participation

How the community rescued the historic centre of San Salvador

2017 Finalist | El Salvador

Community-based Organisation (CBO)
Scale: City / Town
Theme: Community participation

From Disaster to Dignity

2017 Finalist | El Salvador

Community-based Organisation (CBO)
Scale: City / Town
Theme: Building materials and technologies

Düzce Hope Homes

2017 Finalist | Turkey

Non-governmental organisation (NGO)
Scale: Regional
Theme: Capacity building

Caño Martín Peña Community Land Trust

2015 Winner | Puerto Rico

Non-governmental organisation (NGO)
Scale:
Theme: Community participation