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Social Renting NOW! in Argentina

March 22, 2024

As part of the Home Equals campaign, Habitat Argentina developed the Social Rental Workshops with sessions between actors from different sectors to analyze together the problems suffered by families who cannot access rental housing in adequate conditions in the country, as well as possible solutions.

Hábitat para la Humanidad pide a los líderes mundiales en la COP28 que den prioridad a una vivienda adecuada y asequible

Habitat participates in the World Forum on Buildings and Climate

March 16, 2024

The inclusion of adequate and affordable housing in the Déclaration de Chaillot is a major step after the Buildings and Climate Global Forum. Habitat urges governments to address the housing and climate crises together, and above all, to take action to protect the most vulnerable families, who are the ones affected by climate change.

Hábitat Guatemala cambia la realidad de 1 millón de personas

Habitat Guatemala changes the reality for 1 million people

March 09, 2024

Habitat Guatemala celebrates 45 years of work in the country with the campaign named 1 Million Dreams Accomplished. During these years, the organization has improved the homes of one million people and will celebrate by raising awareness of the existing housing need in the country and building four complete homes and 15 concrete floors for 95 adults and children over seven days.

Habitat for Humanity calls on global leaders at COP28 to prioritize adequate and affordable housing

December 08, 2023

Habitat for Humanity International is calling on delegates at the COP28 climate change conference to prioritize the housing needs of vulnerable populations, particularly those who are living in slums and informal settlements, by taking action that will meaningfully address the impact of climate change on safe, decent and affordable housing.

Habitat for Humanity Argentina promotes a campaign to incorporate social renting into the agenda of electoral proposals for 2023

November 13, 2023

Habitat for Humanity Argentina relaunched the campaign #AlquilerSocialYa, to put on the agenda, in a key election year, the urgency of implementing public policies that provide answers to the housing crisis.

UNACEM and the UNACEM Association of Peru join the regional initiative 100,000 Floors to Play On

November 03, 2023

Through the Urban and Rural Planning intervention line, UNACEM and the UNACEM Association have joined the regional initiative 100,000 Floors to Play On with the goal of building more than 16,000 m2 of concrete floors in Peru in community sports fields, school playgrounds, community parks, health facilities, and community kitchens.

Hábitat para la Humanidad Guatemala realiza el Foro de vivienda en el país

Habitat for Humanity Guatemala holds the XV National Forum on Social Housing in the country

October 18, 2023

Habitat for Humanity Guatemala held the XV National Forum on Social Housing, generating a crucial space for dialogue, reflection, and collaboration among diverse actors such as government, NGOs, specialists in the construction sector, academics and civil society.

Expertos hacen llamado para enfrentar los efectos del cambio climático desde viviendas resilientes

Experts call for resilient housing to address the effects of climate change

August 18, 2023

During the 5th Housing Forum, organized by Habitat for Humanity and convened by the Urban Housing Practitioners Hub (UHPH), international experts and main actors in the region’s housing sector officially called upon governments and authorities to have their administrations work, through intersectoral partnerships, toward finding solutions that turn homes into resilient places where families can cope with the current climate crisis.

Habitat for Humanity’s 5th Housing Forum

Latin American authorities analyze climate change and its effects on housing in the region

July 31, 2023

Habitat for Humanity’s 5th Housing Forum in Bogotá brings together representatives of the United Nations, World Bank, Inter-American Development Bank, government, private sector, academia and civil society, among others. The event’s aims are for authorities to be able to recognize urgent challenges in housing and habitat, share and propose solutions, and summon the commitment, investments and resources this emergency demands.