Supporting Award Winners

Winning a World Habitat Award is just the beginning. To maximise the impact of each winning project, we provide tailored support throughout the following year. Our goal is to help awardees scale their impact, share their solutions globally, and become even more effective in addressing housing challenges.

Each support package is unique and based on the specific needs of the winners. Here’s how we help bring award-winning housing solutions to a wider audience:

Increasing visibility

We help winners present their work internationally, connect with key stakeholders, and build powerful networks.

Highlights:

2022: We supported Public Works Studio (Lebanon) and Community Land Trust Brussels to present at UN-Habitat’s World Urban Forum and the International Social Housing Festival, resulting in the creation of two new regional networks: the MENA Evictions Network and the European CLT Network.

2021: We organised events at COP26 and produced a promotional video for the Aga Khan Agency for Habitat to showcase their climate resilience work and build new partnerships.

Strategic Communication & Media Support

We help projects tell their story through press coverage, video production, web design, and more—ensuring their message reaches the right audiences.

Examples:

Newcastle City Council (2021): We helped turn their homelessness prevention tools into accessible communication materials.

CLT Brussels (2022): Co-financed their 10th anniversary events, celebrating their impact and engaging stakeholders across local, regional, and international levels.

Peer exchanges

Since 1989, we have organised over 40 in-person peer-exchanges for winners. These are intensive site visits providing an opportunity for participants invited by World Habitat to meet with residents and others responsible for the programme’s success.

We facilitate events to spread knowledge and inspire replication of successful housing models.

• In 2020, we brought together five countries for a workshop series with Habitat3, focused on affordable housing funding models.

• In 2023, we co-hosted a workshop with Public Works Studio, forming the MENA Monitoring Evictions Network, now active across the Middle East and North Africa.

Other options include hybrid regional knowledge transfer workshops (in-person and/or online), developing educational materials, publications, etc.

Technical support

We help award winners build long-term sustainability through fundraising strategies, staff training, and governance support.

Examples:

• Homes for Good (2023): We’re helping develop their Endowment Fund to secure long-term funding, delivering research and development work on harnessing the private rental sector to provide affordable housing.

• Koraga Community (India, 2020): We funded a local community officer to support eco-friendly livelihoods and advocacy efforts.

• Mutual Housing California (2018): We facilitated a workshop to help navigate a governance transition while staying true to their founding values.

We also support

• Capacity building in legal, digital, and media skills

• Cross-organisational learning for those scaling up

• Training to reduce environmental impact and carbon footprints

If you have any questions about supporting World Habitat  Awards winners, please contact us.