# WORLD HABITAT

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 270987
- **Other names:** BUILDING AND SOCIAL HOUSING FOUNDATION, BUILDING AND SOCIAL HOUSING FOUNDATION LIMITED
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Company number:** [01247918](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01247918)
- **Registered:** April 5, 1976
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=270987


## Contact

- **Address:** Gresham Works, Office 1, 38 Market Street, LEICESTER
- **Postcode:** LE1 6DP
- **Phone:** 01530 510444
- **Email:** info@world-habitat.org
- **Website:** www.world-habitat.org



## Activities

**Objects:** TO PROMOTE ENCOURAGE AND ENABLE THE PROVISION OF SAFE AND SECURE HOUSING ACROSS THE WORLD FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE IN NEED BY REASON OF POVERTY, SOCIAL ECONOMIC OR OTHER NECESSITOUS CIRCUMSTANCES, THEREBY HELPING PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY; IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:  (I) UNDERTAKING STUDY AND RESEARCH INTO THE SCIENCE OF THE DEVELOPMENT CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT OR ECONOMICS OF RESIDENTIAL HOUSING; AND  (II) PUBLISHING THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH.

**Activities:** World Habitat is an independent research organisation that promotes sustainable development and innovation in housing through collaborative research and knowledge transfer, both in the UK and internationally.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
- **What:** Education/training, Accommodation/housing, Economic/community Development/employment
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Geography

- Throughout England And Wales





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **Adam David Challis** | Chair | June 5, 2019 |
| Anna Katerina Paillet |  | June 4, 2025 |
| Dr Jess Ayers |  | May 25, 2022 |
| Florence Gisele Therese Bachelard-Bakal |  | March 5, 2025 |
| Nahid Afrin Majid |  | March 5, 2025 |
| Nicholas Kenneth Murphy |  | June 5, 2019 |
| Professor Joanna Richardson |  | June 6, 2018 |
| Rumana Kabir |  | May 25, 2022 |
| Thomas Karl Newby |  | May 25, 2022 |




