Applications Invited for Habitat Youth Solutions Grant 2025

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About the Organization

The need for adequate housing solutions in Asia-Pacific is immense. Based on the United Nations data, half of the world’s poor — those living on less than US$1.90 a day — are in this region. Amid rapid urbanization, one in two slum dwellers calls Asia-Pacific home. A person living in Asia-Pacific is also five times more likely than someone living outside of it to be hit by a disaster, increasing the risk of losing his or her home.

About the Grant

Habitat for Humanity will invest in youth-led innovative solutions to help families in need of access to adequate housing through the Habitat Youth Solutions grant. Such solutions are expected to benefit approximately 4,000 individuals in the region. Through this initiative, we aim to develop and nurture bright young leaders who will create sustainable solutions to stem the housing crisis in Asia-Pacific.

The Habitat Youth Solutions will:

Provide seed funding of US$4,000 up to ten (10) youth solutions that promote a more innovative, inclusive, and collaborative housing ecosystem for sustainable and resilient communities.

Invite up to 40 shortlisted youth-led solutions to be part of the Habitat Youth Assembly on June 24-26, 2025, in the Philippines to:

• learn with experts about housing, climate change, inclusion, among others;
• network with the 2023 Habitat Youth Solutions winners; and
• ideate with peers from across the region and explore opportunities for fundraising.

This micro-grant will only support solutions that are developed and managed by the youth for the benefit of the community where they operate. The youth solutions must be scalable and replicable in Habitat-supported communities. The age definition used by Habitat for Humanity to characterize youth is a person who is between 18 and 30 years old.

Eligibility

Young individuals, youth groups, youth-led organizations that will apply for the Habitat Youth Solutions 2025 are subject to the same criteria as other partners of Habitat for Humanity. Applicants must be accountable, transparent and refrain from all discriminatory practices and adhere to Habitat for Humanity International’s safeguarding policies.

Applicants should fulfill the following criteria to be considered for the grant:

• Be a young individual, youth group, or youth-led organization: leadership and decision-making roles within the organization are held by people between the ages of 18 and 30.
• Be able to use the grant for either an existing project or a new one.
• Have no adherence to or affiliations with radical ideologies or antagonism against any particular country, culture, religion or belief system, ethnic group, gender, etc.

Eligibility for solutions

All submitted solutions must fulfill each of the following criteria to be deemed eligible upon review by the grant selection committee:

• Origin: The solution is written, developed, and can be implemented by youth.
• Target audience: The solution targets the wider community to improve the housing ecosystem where the initiative operates. The solution can also be implemented or replicated in a Habitat-supported community.
• Objective: The solution should contribute to advancing affordable, decent, inclusive housing and sustainable communities as an overarching theme. The solution must also respond to any of Habitat’s identified trends, stressors, and shocks that allow the housing deficit to persist and grow: climate resiliency, urbanization, and multi-dimensional poverty.
• Duration: The solution should be implemented and completed by December 2025.
• Management: The solution is managed by a young person or a young group or a youth-led organization, meeting all eligibility criteria mentioned above. Applicant must be able to show an organizational chart or names of group members, including: age, gender identity, and role in the organization vis-à-vis role in the proposed solution.
• Lead applicant: The lead applicant must be directly involved in the implementation of the solution and is between the ages of 18 and 30 at the time of application. Should the proposal be selected as a finalist, the core members should participate in all components of the grant. More information and instruction will be communicated to the 40 shortlisted solutions’ lead applicants in their participation to the Habitat Youth Assembly on June 24-26, 2025, in the Philippines.
• Location: Project activities are implemented in one or more countries mentioned in the geographical coverage section.
• Language: Application of the solution must be in English.
• Ownership of initiative: The application must detail a proposed use for US$4,000 to jump-start, replicate or expand their initiative. It must include a description of the need, the target outputs, planned activities, and potential to sustain the project.

Geographical coverage

This call for application welcomes proposals from youth-led organizations, individuals, or social enterprises operating in Australia, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Fiji, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Nepal, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, and Vietnam.

How to Apply

Interested individuals or groups or organizations may apply from Feb. 28, 2025 until April 13, 2025. The following requirements will be submitted through this link https://forms.office.com/r/rVehVhVeJ6

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