2026–27 Global Inquiry
Meaningful Refugee Housing
The conditions for care, stability and sustainability
Rather than looking for a single housing model to replicate, our inquiry will explore how different systems remain sustainable under different forms of pressure, and what those lessons could mean for the future of refugee and asylum housing in the UK.
Learning across different contexts
Our Inquiry will explore three different contexts, each offering a different perspective on the central question.
United States
How can refugee housing and welcoming infrastructure remain resilient under political pressure?
Uganda
What conditions are required for genuine self-reliance and agency within a protection system operating under resource constraints?
Uruguay
What enables community-based housing and integration approaches to remain sustainable over the long term?
The purpose is to understand what makes different approaches work in their particular context, where they struggle, and what the UK might usefully learn from that experience .
The 2026–27 Inquiry is being undertaken through a Churchill Fellowship, providing the opportunity for focused international learning and forming the first year of Housing for Protection's Global Inquiry.
Be part of the Inquiry
We're interested in hearing from people internationally who are working on these questions.
You might be developing an approach we should know about, have evidence or experience relevant to the current Inquiry, be grappling with a similar problem in another context, or see an important question that a future Global Inquiry should explore.
If there's something you think we should know about, we'd like to hear from you.