Consultant: Climate‑Resilient Housing Best Practices Documentation
Consultant: Climate‑Resilient Housing Best Practices Documentation
Posting Description
1.Background
The Asia-Pacific region is among the most climate-vulnerable regions globally and is increasingly experiencing the impacts of climate change on housing and settlements. These impacts are mainly seen in more frequent weather events such as floods, cyclones, typhoons, landslides caused by heavy rainfall, rising sea levels, coastal flooding, and heatwaves. As a result, it has undermined housing safety, durability, thermal comfort, and access to basic services, disproportionately impacting low-income and vulnerable households, damaging homes, disrupting basic services, and deepening poverty. In 2024 alone, approximately 24 million people were displaced by disasters in the Asia-Pacific region, representing more than half of global disaster-related displacement, with most displacement driven by climate-related hazards such as floods, storms, and cyclones.
Habitat for Humanity (HFH) recognizes that climate change is increasingly affecting the safety, durability, affordability, and livability of housing and basic services, especially for low-income and vulnerable households. Through the Climate-Resilient Housing Technical Working Group (TWG), HFH Asia Pacific Area Office has compiled evidence from country programs such as hazard mapping, materials and technologies, local practices, and policy contexts.
There is a need to systematically review, organize, and analyze these existing practices to capture what is currently being implemented across the region, what has proven effective, and under what conditions. This assignment aims to identify and document current and emerging climate-resilient housing and basic services practices implemented by HFH country programs, alongside relevant regional and global practices from other stakeholders, to support the housing programs across the countries where we are operational.
2.Purpose of the Consultancy
The purpose of this consultancy is to review, organize, and validate evidence compiled by the TWG and other relevant sources and develop a comprehensive document on Best Practices for Climate-Resilient Housing in the Asia-Pacific region.
The document will be based on:
• Evidence and data compiled by TWG
• Regional and global practices from peer organizations, development partners, and governments.
External practices will be reviewed to compare approaches, draw relevant lessons, and identify practices that can inform the Asia-Pacific context, with reference to applicable international standards and frameworks.
The documentation will present practices in the Asia Pacific region in a structured manner, highlighting key considerations related to feasibility, effectiveness, affordability and scalability for low-income families.
3.Geographical Scope
The geographic scope will apply to all countries that operate within HFH’s Asia Pacific network.
• National Offices: India, Indonesia, Fiji, Philippines
• Branch Offices: Nepal, Bangladesh, Vietnam, Cambodia
4.Consultant’s Scope of Work and Expected Output
The consultant will document and analyze the best practices in climate-resilient housing and basic services, ensuring affordability, cultural relevance, and scalability for low-income households.
The consultant is expected to complete the scope of work and the expected output in six months (July to December 2026).
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• Conduct individual consultations with each country office to understand local housing contexts, construction practices, hazards, incentives, promotions, subsidies, financing options, insurance mechanisms, and penalties related to climate resilience.
• Conduct a desk review of relevant regional and global literature on principles of climate‑resilient housing and comparable best practices from peer organizations and development partners to support analysis and contextualization (including global research, cost‑effectiveness evidence, existing policies, and community awareness), applicable to the Asia‑Pacific context.
• Develop hazard‑wise synthesis tables summarizing key risks and their impacts on housing.• Consolidated synthesis document organizing TWG inputs and external practices.
• Analytical summary highlighting current housing practices across the region.
• Literature review of applicable regional and global best practices and design typologies.2Prepare a structured draft documenting existing practices and approaches related to:
• Common climate change risks affecting housing in the region and corresponding solutions applied.
• Development of a hazard‑response matrix linking key climate hazards with corresponding housing solutions, including applicability and context.
• Design and structural measures implemented in response to climate risks, including:
– Passive and climate‑responsive design principles (natural ventilation, thermal comfort, shading strategies, building orientation, and other low‑energy solutions)
– Material and technology choices (including development of a country‑specific matrix of environmentally friendly material options with cost, durability, and availability)
– Basic services integration (WASH, energy)
– Inclusive and gender‑responsive design in housing and basic services
– Operations and maintenance considerations
– Toolkits used (design templates/checklists, affordable and green materials matrices)
– People and community capacity‑development methodologies• Draft Climate‑Resilient Housing Best Practices Documentation.3Facilitate validation workshops with TWG and key stakeholders to gather feedback on the accuracy, relevance, completeness, and clarity of documented practices.• Validation workshop report summarizing key feedback and recommendations.4Revise and finalize the best practices document based on feedback from TWG, country offices, and regional management.• Final Climate‑Resilient Housing Best Practices Documentation.
5.Minimum Requirements:
To be eligible for consideration, the following must be met:
- Preferred that the lead consultant/ team members have an advanced degree/ master’s degree related to architecture, civil/structure engineering, housing-urban/regional planning, climate science, or disaster risk management with a minimum of 5 years of work experience with similar assignments
- Proven experience in developing technical guidelines, frameworks, or manuals for international organizations or government programs
- In-depth knowledge and professional experience in multi-country level assessment on housing, climate resilience, urbanization, people-centered development, or disaster risk management research, programming, or evaluation (Asia-Pacific context preferred).
- Experience with low-cost housing solutions or community-based housing programs.
- Proficiency in climate risk analysis tools such as GIS, hazard mapping.
- Strong analytical and communication skills.
- Experience in qualitative analysis and synthesis of secondary data.
- Familiarity with Habitat for Humanity’s mission, or similar development organizations is an advantage.
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DELIVERABLE: Inception Report with Literature Review and Approved Workplan
DESCRIPTION / OUTPUT:
- Context consultation meetings with 7 National and Branch Offices
- Consolidated summary of TWG findings
- Literature review of applicable regional and global best practices and design typologies
- Consolidated synthesis document organizing TWG inputs and external practices
- Analytical summary highlighting current housing practices across the region
- Detailed methodology, outline, and implementation timeline for the assignment
TIMELINE: July–September 2026
PAYMENT: 40%
DELIVERABLE: Draft Best Practice Document
DESCRIPTION / OUTPUT:
- Draft document on Best Practices for Climate‑Resilient Housing as described in the Scope of Work
TIMELINE: October–November 2026
PAYMENT: 40%
DELIVERABLE: Stakeholder Consultation & Report Finalization
DESCRIPTION / OUTPUT:
- Conduct online validation workshops with TWG and relevant stakeholders
- Feedback collection
- Sharing of primary findings and synthesis of feedback from TWG
- Submission of the final Best Practices Document
- Final document incorporating all revisions and feedback from TWG and stakeholders
- Online dissemination to the wider Habitat Network in the Asia‑Pacific region
TIMELINE: December 2026
PAYMENT: 20%
7.BudgetThe total cost for this consultancy is up to USD 25,000 (including all taxes and costs) that will be carried out virtually and with online consultations with relevant stakeholders.
8.Language: English
All deliverables are to be submitted in simple English.
9.Management and Coordination
The consultant will report to the focal points for this research from the HSS unit of the AP area office. Coordination will be maintained with country focal points through periodic virtual meetings and document reviews as and when necessary.
10.Expected Impact
The assignment will result in a practical, evidence-based Best Practices document on Climate Resilient Housing and Basic Services that:
- Consolidates regional and global learning and experience.
- Strengthens institutional knowledge on climate-resilient housing.
- Supports evidence-based program design and decision-making
- Contributes to capacity building.
- Serves as a foundation for future training, advocacy, and funding engagement.
11.Submission process and guidelines
The Consultant/s shall submit technical proposal for carrying out the assignment along with detailed financial proposal. The financial proposal should be aligned with the budget ceiling mentioned.
Proposals will be evaluated according to the following criteria:
Technical proposal: 70%
Financial proposal: 30%
12.How to Apply
Interested candidates should submit their applications by May 22, 2026 to SPradhan@habitat.org.Please note that applications should not be submitted through this link, but only via the email address provided.
Application materials should include:
- Technical proposal including a) project background, b) proposed report structure, c) any ethical considerations, and d) work plan.
- Confirmation of your status as an institution/firm or (in case of an individual consultant) independent contractor or employee of a consultancy firm or research institution (for contracting purposes).
- Curricula Vitae (CV) for consultant/all team members applying for consideration, with the contact details of three professional referees.
- Financial proposal in USD currency itemizing estimated costs for services rendered (daily consultancy fees) and any other related supplies or services required for the consultancy.
- At least one sample report similar to the one described in this TOR.
- ONLY electronic submissions will be accepted
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Habitat for Humanity reserves the right to accept or reject any application and to annul the selection process at any time without incurring any liability to the applicants. Habitat for Humanity also reserves the right to modify the scope, timeline, or deliverables of the consultancy, as necessary.
Application materials are non‑returnable, and only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for the next stage of the selection process.
The estimated start date for the consultancy is as soon as possible.
About
Habitat for Humanity International (HFHI) is a nonprofit, ecumenical Christian housing ministry. The purpose and goal of Habitat for Humanity International is to eliminate poverty housing and homelessness from the world, and to make decent shelter a matter of conscience and action. Habitat invites people of all backgrounds, races and religions to build houses in partnership with families in need. HFHI has an Administrative Headquarters based in Atlanta, Georgia, an Operational Headquarters based in Americus, Georgia and Area Office bases of operations in Manila, Philippines for our Asia and the Pacific work, San Jose, Costa Rica for our Latin American and the Caribbean work, and Bratislava, Slovakia, for our Europe, the Middle East and Africa work.
HFHI is an equal opportunity employer and seeks to employ and assign the best qualified personnel for all our positions in a manner that does not unlawfully discriminate against any person because of race, color, religion, gender, marital status, age, national origin, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, veteran/reserve national guard status, or any other status or characteristic protected by law.
Function
Housing and Shelter
Auto req ID
10886BR
Position Category
Consultant
Position Type
Consultancy
Geographic Location
Asia & the Pacific
Location
Remote