Applications are now open for the 2026/2027 World Habitat Awards. The World Habitat Awards find innovative, outstanding and sometimes revolutionary housing ideas, projects and programmes from across the world.

Requirements

Anyone representing or collaborating on an innovative project in the field of housing is welcome to enter: individuals, NGOs, public institutions, private initiatives, academia, United Nations programmes, etc.

The Projects:

• must be related to housing.
• must concern projects that are either in progress or finished less than ten years ago, from the date the call for entries closes (2 March 2026).
• cannot be a grant application.

Winning a World Habitat Award provides international visibility and acts as a mark of recognition that a housing solution is innovative, exceptional and exciting. This year we will be presenting Bronze, Silver and Gold Awards to the most outstanding projects and programmes.

Each Gold Award-winning project receives:

• £10,000 in prize money;
• A trophy in recognition of their work to develop and deliver good practice in housing;
• An in-person trophy presentation event at an international housing event;
• An online celebration event and announcement amplifying their work;
• Year-long collaboration support from World Habitat, including financial resourcing;
• Membership of the World Habitat Awards Network.
• Each Silver and Bronze Award-winning project receives:
• Year-long collaboration support from World Habitat, including financial resourcing;
• An online celebration event and announcement amplifying their work;
• embership of the World Habitat Awards Network.