We’re proud to share that Greater Change has been awarded the Silver World Habitat Award 2026 for our work using personalised budgets to help people overcome homelessness for good.

This recognition by World Habitat, in partnership with UN-Habitat, is not just a celebration of our work. It is a powerful endorsement of what we believe to be a transformational shift in how homelessness can be tackled.

What Are the World Habitat Awards?

The World Habitat Awards identify and celebrate housing solutions that are innovative, impactful and scalable. Each year, they highlight organisations that are leading the way in addressing housing challenges around the world. Past winners have gone on to inspire policy change, attract new funding, and replicate their models in other regions.

In giving us this award, World Habitat recognised how our model places trust and decision-making power in the hands of the people we serve, through flexible funding that supports their goals. These might include securing housing, buying essential furniture, accessing training, or stabilising their lives in other meaningful ways.

Why This Matters

At a time when more than £110 million per month is spent on temporary accommodation in London alone, the need for cost-effective, human-centred solutions is urgent. Personalised budgets are not just compassionate. They are proven to work. Our latest figures show that:

• 85% of clients moved into or sustained stable housing. 
• 90% showed a positive change or remained free from reoffending. 
• And every £1,400 we invest in a person results in long-term stability and system savings of up to £41,000

This award helps shine a global light on the Greater Change model, showing that targeted, trust-based interventions can reduce bureaucracy and change lives, and reaffirms what we already know; that personalised budgets offer a dignified, sustainable solution to homelessness across the world.

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