The International Year of Shelter for the Homeless (IYSH) was recognized in 1987 by the United Nations. It was first declared, in principle, in UN resolution 36/71UN resolution 36/71, 4 december 1981 in 1981, and proclaimed officially in 1982 in resolution 37/221.Un resolution 37/221, 20 December 1982 It was mainly aimed at improving shelter / housing for the poor in general (and not just homeless people), especially in developing countries. It was also a follow-up to the Habitat I conference in 1976.
Actions
In several countries, national actions were created, such as Australia which created an IYSH Secretariat, or the United Kingdom where a trust was created to collect donations from housing associations for shelter projects in developing countries, with some projects part-funded by the Overseas Development Administration. The trust later evolved into the NGO Homeless International (now operating as Reall, or Real Equity for All).
Legacy
The World Habitat Awards were created by the BSHF as their contribution to the IYSH. Two other prizes were created by the Japan Housing Association as awards to deserving housing projects, the IYSH Memorial Prize in 1988 and the IYSH Memorial Encouragement Prize in 2006.UNCRD, IYSH Prize Number Year Memorial Prize Memorial Encouragement Prize 1 1988 Father Jorge AnzorenaACHR E-News July 2010 2 1989 Somsook Boonyabancha 3 1990 Arif Hasan and Sister Annie Abion 4 1991 Johan Silas and Enrique Ortiz 5 1992 SPARC 6 1993 Freedom to Build 7 1994 People's Dialogue South Africa 8 1995 Women's Bank and Pagtambayayong Foundation 9 1996 10 1997 11 1998 12 1999 Human Settlements Foundation (Thailand) 13 2000 14 2001 Sevanatha (Sri Lanka) 15 2002 Shack Dwellers Federation Namibia and ASAG Ahmedabad 16 2003 17 2004 Denis Murphy 18 2005 19 2006 Lumanti (Nepal) TAO-Pilipinas (Philippines)TAO Newsletter 20 2007 Teofang Tnaut (Cambodia) 21 2008 Help-O (Sri Lanka) Urban Development Resource Center (Mongolia) 22 2009 Urban Poor Development Fund in Cambodia 23 2010
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