Andy Day
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Andy Day
@ajday70.bsky.social
Comms Officer - World Habitat https://world-habitat.org/
@worldhabitat.bsky.social
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🏆 Les Juntes, Catalonia, has received a World Habitat Award, for upholding the right to housing, by communally converting properties formerly owned by banks into cooperative homes for people facing eviction or housing insecurity. 🎊

Watch this video 🎇 bit.ly/4k7e7S1
Read more 🎇 bit.ly/4k7e88x
January 20, 2026 at 3:25 PM
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🏆 Greater Change UK has won a 2026 Silver World Habitat Award for its highly personalised, trust-based approach to ending homelessness by providing flexible grants that address individual needs.

Watch this short video about their work 🎇 bit.ly/4q5UyLf
Read all the details 🎇 bit.ly/45n33Ki
January 20, 2026 at 3:27 PM
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🏆 The community-led, in-situ redevelopment of the Sanjaynagar informal settlement in Ahmednagar, India, led by the Community Design Agency, has won a 2026 Silver World Habitat Award 🎊

Watch this short video about their work 🎇 bit.ly/4pKzlWE
Read all the details 🎇 bit.ly/3ZiWwfY
January 20, 2026 at 3:29 PM
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🏆 Hameaux Légers – in France – has received a 2026 World Habitat Bronze Award, in partnership with UN-HABITAT, for its pioneering model of lightweight, environmentally responsible rural housing. 🎊

Watch this short video about their work 🎇 bit.ly/3NtZegb
Read all the details 🎇 bit.ly/4sMKMzZ
January 20, 2026 at 3:31 PM
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🏆 The Architectural Design & Research Institute of Tsinghua University (THAD) has received a 2026 World Habitat Bronze Award, for the regeneration of Taihe Old Town Historic and Cultural Block🎊

Watch this short video about their work 🎇 bit.ly/3Z6Od7f
Read all the details 🎇 bit.ly/4r1lP26
January 20, 2026 at 3:32 PM
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🏆 Housing NOW - Myanmar, has received a World Habitat Bronze Award, in partnership with UN-HABITAT, for its low-cost, low-carbon bamboo housing for people displaced by conflict and climate disasters. 🎊

Watch this short video about their work 🎇 bit.ly/4b8Vmes
Read all the details 🎇 bit.ly/460roFM
January 20, 2026 at 3:34 PM
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🏆 Mutual Housing with Habitat for Humanity has received a 2026 World Habitat Bronze Award, for Cornerstone USA. 🎊

🏘️A mixed-income affordable housing development in South Sacramento

Watch this short video about their work 🎇 bit.ly/4pPNMsG
Read all the details 🎇 bit.ly/4pPNMJc
January 20, 2026 at 3:36 PM
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Housing & heritage regeneration by the Hebron Rehabilitation Committee & transforming homelessness policy & practice by ‘The Platform for Social Housing’ Czech Republic are today announced as the 2026 World Habitat Award GOLD winners. See more bit.ly/3YNaQ08 Read more 🎇 bit.ly/4pLdvlU
January 20, 2026 at 9:44 AM
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🏆 CARE Vanuatu’s ‘Build Back Safer’ project has received a 2026 World Habitat Bronze Award for empowering communities – particularly women – to lead safer reconstruction after devastating cyclones. 🎊

Watch this short video about their work 🎇 bit.ly/3Ly00br
Read all the details 🎇 bit.ly/4bFHb0s
January 20, 2026 at 3:33 PM
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For 40 years, we’ve supported sustainable and affordable housing projects around the world. Like, the Proyecto ENLACE del Caño Martín Peña Community Land Trust that has helped 2,000 families gain legal ownership of the land under their homes, 💛

🔗 Find out more bit.ly/3XzhsyB
December 16, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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Like many towns, Hastings struggles with poor-quality housing. Residents decided to take matters into their own hands & created Hastings Commons, a community-led effort to bring derelict & historic buildings back to life. 🛠️

Their success is already helping others. Find out why🔗 bit.ly/3XzhsyB
December 17, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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🏠 Safe housing. Strong women. Thriving communities.
In Mhaga village, rural Tanzania, an initiative by Tanzania Women Architects for Humanity is transforming lives. Women are learning new skills, investing in their futures & building homes for elderly community members 🏡

🔗 Read more: bit.ly/3XzhsyB
December 19, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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✨Short-term rentals with long-term consequences, a competition for global innovation, and housing’s prominent role in the climate emergency are all covered in our end of year Monthly Update + much much more

📖 Get your free copy bit.ly/3MKdCRe
December 23, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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Recently Spanish government fined property rentals giant Airbnb €64m for advertising unlicensed apartments. 🏖️

📚 Here, David Ireland remembers the moment residents sprayed tourists with water pistols & looks at the short-term rental impact on housing.

🔗 world-habitat.org/.../airbnb-a...
January 6, 2026 at 10:53 AM
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⚡ NEWSFLASH ⚡

The World Habitat website is available in English, Spanish, French, Portugese, Italian, German

AND NOW

Korean, Mandarin, Japanese, Arabic, Hindi, and Swahili

Visit today and choose the language of your choice 📖 world-habitat.org
January 8, 2026 at 11:19 AM
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✨SAVE THE DATE!

🏆 Join World Habitat, in partnership with UN-Habitat, for the announcement of the 2026 World Habitat Awards Winners. 🏆

🤝Tune in to be among the first to meet this year’s inspiring winners - Register Today 👇 bit.ly/4qtIlk5
January 5, 2026 at 3:00 PM
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🎉 If you are interested in solutions to housing poverty & homelessness, urban regeneration, sustainable construction & resilience in the face of displacement join us for the announcements of the 2026 World Habitat Awards winners with UN-HABITAT’s Ombretta Tempra.

Book your place 👇 bit.ly/4qtIlk5
January 12, 2026 at 10:13 AM
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Today, we’re releasing this short animation explaining just how our approach works world-habitat.org/about/our-st... & we’re asking - do you know a housing or habitat solution that would benefit from our ‘Find, Strengthen, Promote’ approach?
✏️ Let us know in the comments, or better still tag them!
November 19, 2025 at 8:55 AM
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Since 2021, we’ve been proud recipients of the Small Charities Award for Diversity from the National Centre for Diversity - but how does it work? world-habitat.org/about/our-st...

✏️ This November we’re asking – how does your organisation show its values, and why is it important to you?
November 21, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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🌍 Challenges from the climate emergency & growing inequality, the rise of populist media & governments, demand new ways of thinking & acting ▶️ world-habitat.org/about/our-st...

✏️ Do you know an organisation that values #Innovation to meet human needs more successfully, sustainably, & inclusively?
December 1, 2025 at 10:50 AM
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🤝 For us, being #Independent is fundamental. In doing so, we can decentralise power & help communities build resilience & self-reliance, a true path toward safe & secure housing ▶️ world-habitat.org/about/our-st...

✏️ Do you know an organisation that values independence – how do they do it?
December 1, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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🌍 With COP30 underway, the world is looking for strong leadership on the climate emergency.

✅Being #ClimateFocused means we act to change that in our own work ▶️ world-habitat.org/about/our-st... & send a positive & hopeful message to others.

What message would you to give to the summit?
December 1, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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🌍 By focusing on our global outlook, we are fortunate to help build meaningful connections between people, organisations, and ideas across the world. ▶️ world-habitat.org/about/our-st...

✏️ Do you want to join the conversation? If so, we’d love to hear from you
#GloballyMinded
December 1, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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In our 40 Years publication with UN-HABITAT, we explore how we can prevent homelessness by following Barcelona’s example. ✨

Find out how prevention can change lives — and how we can create long-term solutions together. 🤝🌍

👉 Get your free copy today! 📥✨ world-habitat.org/.../40-years...
December 3, 2025 at 8:39 AM
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🏠 We know what works when it comes to ending homelessness: community-led action, good data, & a Housing First approach. They’re proven solutions from our winners. 💡❤️

Do you know anyone that deserves recognition. We’d love to hear from you!
👉 Find out more: world-habitat.org/.../40-years...
December 8, 2025 at 9:04 AM