In partnership with the
UN-Habitat we are delighted to announce the World Habitat Awards 2015-16
winners. They have been chosen from entries that were submitted from around the
world. The worthy winners are:
- Caño Martín Peña Community Land Trust – Puerto Rico
- Self-help Housing in the North of England – United Kingdom
These innovative projects
demonstrate how empowered communities have transformed people’s lives by
creating affordable and safer homes for those in need.
The Awards will be
presented at Habitat lll in Ecuador, October 2016 – the United Nations
Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development.
We would also like to
congratulate the other eight outstanding finalists:
- Comprehensive Community Development for Poverty Alleviation – Bhutan
- Back to Rio – Brazil
- TECHO – Development of Habitat
– Chile - Improvement Without Barriers
– Colombia - Nashira, A Song of Love, A Women-led Project – Colombia
- Empowering the Poor: building the capacity of urban and rural
communities – Malawi - LILAC (Low Impact Living Affordable Community) – United Kingdom
- Rent to Buy Scheme – United Kingdom
These prestigious Awards
have been running for 30 years and since they began have recognised and
sharedhundreds ofhousing solutions from around the world. Find out
more about these stories on our website.
Submissions are currently
being accepted for the next cycle of the World Habitat Awards.
The closing date for
applications is 29 April 2016.
To apply online, please
click here.
For updates visit the World Habitat Awards website or follow us on Facebook and Twitter.
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