About Homeless International

How Homeless International works: 

·        We create lasting relationships with our partners, within which there is confidence to create solutions to the challenge of urban poverty.

·        We support projects that are led by poor communities, and provide resources and technical assistance as necessary.

·        We provide a range of financial services that organisations of the urban poor need to realise their rights to safe and secure shelter.

·        We provide a means for exchanging ideas between a wide range of people and organisations concerned about urban poverty.

·        We use our networks to promote community-led processes, and to advocate for policy changes which will allow community led development to be carried out on a larger scale.

·        We raise awareness about the growing problem of urban poverty and keep it firmly on the international development agenda.

Why are we different?

Homeless International is different because we work within long-term relationships with our partners, rather than providing one-off grants for short-term projects. This means we can develop new initiatives with our partners over a number of years. We are also unique in the way we collaborate with our partners to design new financial products which enable poor communities to access affordable finance for slum upgrading initiatives.

Who do we help?

In 2007 we worked with 12 partner organisations in 12 countries, reaching more than 2 million households.