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Europe, Middle East and Africa

Habitat can offer detailed information, case studies, and housing research as well as hi-resolution photos to cover regional housing issues or specific problems in Europe, Middle East and Africa.

Please contact:

Europe and the Middle east:
Katarzyna Jasik-Caínzos
Communications Director, Europe and the Middle East
Phone: +32 478 88 79 08
Email: [email protected]
Africa:
Caroline Nyamamu
Communications Director, Africa
Phone: +254 759 067 659
Email: [email protected]

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Habitat for Humanity International and Swiss Capacity Building Facility launch partnership to expand climate-resilient housing finance and insurance in Kenya

February 09, 2026

Habitat for Humanity International has launched a new partnership with the Swiss Capacity Building Facility (SCBF) to expand access to affordable, climate-resilient housing for low- and middle-income households living in flood-prone communities around Lake Victoria in Kenya.

A photo of an apartment building in Ukraine

Ukraine adopts new housing law to replace Soviet-era system and make housing affordable

February 03, 2026

In January 2026 a new housing law was adopted in the second reading in Ukraine’s parliament. This marks the beginning of a major housing reform, something that has not happened for over 30 years in the country.New Bill No. 12377, “On the Basic Principles of Housing Policy,” replaces the 1983 Soviet-era Housing Code, includes the establishment of social housing, new financial mechanisms to support the construction and purchase of housing, digitalization of processes, as well as putting vulnerable people and their specific needs as a priority. It is now awaiting Presidential approval and signature to come into effect.

A collage of photos including a mother and a child, and an elderly woman and man

Tanzania Mortgage Refinance Company Limited and Habitat for Humanity launch landmark housing microfinance solution in Tanzania

December 15, 2025

Tanzania Mortgage Refinance Company (TMRC) signed a memorandum of understanding with Habitat for Humanity International (HFHI) in August 2022 to engage in an effort to promote the ability of TMRC in unpacking the potential of Housing Microfinance (HMF) in Tanzania and supporting TMRC to develop and expand its commercial relationships with low-income consumers as a means of increasing their access to affordable and quality housing solutions, a first step in the organizations’ joint-effort to expand and strengthen the low-income housing finance sector in Tanzania.