With millions of Ukrainians still displaced and unable to return home, the demand for affordable housing in safe regions has never been greater. In response, this pioneering pilot project will develop a co-operative, community-owned model for long-term social housing.

🏠 A year of bold housing innovation.

Our newly released 2024 Annual Report reflects on a year of progress & powerful housing stories from around the world.

📘 Learn more about how we’re building a better housing future by downloading the Report today 👉 world-habitat.org/publications...

🔴 🔴 The call for entries to the 2026 #WorldHabitatAwards is now closed

With over 100 entries from 50 different countries we've been blow away by the quality of submissions & it’s going to be a fascinating to assess all the entries

Check out the FAQs📭 bit.ly/3R3NlLS

📣You can still submit an entry for the World Habitat Awards!!! But you have to be quick!!!! 🏃‍♂️

The deadline is Monday 3 March.

Applications are easy and quick to make online and close at midnight on Monday 3 March ⏰

Learn more and apply now▶️ bit.ly/3HufffQ

There are now only 6 days left to apply for the 2026 World Habitat Awards!

Are you part of a housing initiative making a real difference? This is your chance to showcase your innovative project to the world.

Learn more and apply now▶️ bit.ly/3HufffQ

The Power of #Philanthropy: Tackling #Housing Need and #Homelessness
Tomorrow, I’m co-hosting a meeting with 40 #foundations on housing instability and homelessness in the UK

If you’re involved in housing and homelessness efforts, I’d love to hear your thoughts—what solutions should be prioritised?

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Register now for a #HomesforAll webinar on 3 March: bit.ly/3Q5SiDV 🗓️💻

As the govt prepares its #nationalhousingstrategy, Alex Marsh and David Orr will be exploring insights from successful housing strategies around the world, answering the question - what’s needed for a housing strategy to deliver?

Great idea! there are some fantastic example from across the @worldhabitat.bsky.social network of different approaches to bringing homes back into use at an affordable rent. A very sustainable way of creating #homes!

Ideas please! I have just created a starter pack for everyone working to create safe and secure #housing around the world.
Please send your suggestions or contact me to join. go.bsky.app/VWoV4Qr

Fantastic #Job opportunity @worldhabitat.bsky.social

Programme Officer Wanted 🚀

Make a real impact in global housing and the promotion of better housing solutions worldwide.

🎗️ Find out more bit.ly/40PCGJG

With the expertise of Homes England, Nationwide Foundation, @crisis-uk.bsky.social, British Property Federation, National & Local Government, Homewards,
Rentstart, London Councils & academia we’re working on tangible recommendations to help the PRS in tackling the UK's country's housing crisis...

19% of UK households live in rented homes. This huge, often overlooked, sector can help us create more affordable housing. Yesterday’s roundtable with multi-sector experts aimed to identify how – we’ll be sharing recommendations soon.

The International Social Housing Festival always brings a wealth of knowledge and new housing ideas to the forefront.

It is a unique chance to connect and understand how real solutions have come to life.

This is the last week to submit your event ideas.
www.socialhousingfestival.eu/submissions

What did I just read! "The Corpse Flower plant is renowned for the smell of putrid, rotting flesh that surround the flowers when it blooms".....

Oh wow! They are dedicated!!

Checking in....any movement yet?

Thank you so much!

Great list. Would it be possible to add @worldhabitat.bsky.social please?

Would it be possible to be added?
I mainly talk about housing innovators from around the world - including 40 years of the World Habitat Awards and our amazing network

Could you add me please?

Would it be possible to add @worldhabitat.bsky.social ? They have just arrived here and spreading news and making connections between housing pioneers are the world

One of my favorite times of the year! Celebrating amazing Housing and Homelessness work from around the world.

Great solutions and amazing people.

@unhabitat.bsky.social @worldhabitat.bsky.social

Decent Homes for the Elderly, Tanzania - World Habitat Tanzania Women Architects for Humanity (TAWAH), was formed in June 2010 by a group of Tanzanian women architects and engineers, united by a strong commitment to enhancing social justice in the country...

Next, a huge congratulations to #Tanzania Women Architects for Humanity #TAWAH for their GOLD #WorldHabitatAward. A growing movement training women to build safe & secure #decenthomes for the elderly in rural Tanzania, promoting #genderequity and #inclusion! world-habitat.org/world-habita...

Hastings Commons - World Habitat Hastings Commons is a standout community-led regeneration project that offers a fresh approach to housing. Affordable housing isn’t looked at in isolation but is linked to the services and the communi...

First up the AMAZING #HastingsCommons wins a GOLD #WorldHabitatAward Yes its a #CLT, it's #CommunityLed it's #lowcarbon AND so much more - Congratulations #JessSteele Commoner at Large and everyone behind this inspirational new model
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Looking for #inspiration on Low #Carbon & #Climate-Responsible #Housing?

- €31M for 350+ energy-efficient social homes
- Key to fairer, greener cities
- Retrofitting to cut 2/3 of embodied carbon
- Housing driving meaningful climate action

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picture of residents Infront of their apartment block,

graphic showing key data. Founded in 2024. The only housing co-op in spain with significant numbers. over 1,000 members have affordable housing. brought and developed 236 properties, 1st co-op building company in Catalonia

Community-led housing are a powerful way for communities to protect themselves and future generations from rising property prices and gentrification of neighbourhoods. Happening all around the world!

Sostre Cívic - #Inspiration from Barcelona and Catalonia

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Call for a Research Partner: Exploring the Role of Social Housing in Rural Communities - Longleigh The Longleigh Foundation is embarking on an important research initiative to explore the critical role social housing can play in addressing the need for affordable homes in rural areas. We are excite...

🚨 Exciting Opportunity: Help Shape the Future of Affordable Rural Housing in the UK! 🚨

The Longleigh Foundation are looking for a research partner to explore how social housing can address the need for affordable homes in rural areas.

Please share: longleigh.org/ruralresearch/

Research: How to deliver Community-led housing - World Habitat Across the world, the financialisation of housing and growth of informal settlements show no sign of slowing down. The resulting global crisis, where 1.6 billion people around the world lack an adequa...

Across the world, rising housing costs are making it harder to have a home

At World Habitat, we know that people are stronger when they come together.

Community-led housing is proving to be a powerful solution.

Find out more. 👉 bit.ly/CLHHowTo