Cash and shelter
The International Red Cross Red Crescent Movement has a long history of using Cash and Voucher Assistance (CVA) to support people affected by crisis to meet their shelter and settlement needs. Examples include vouchers to support people to access hostels in a migration crisis, cash as part of an owner-driven shelter reconstruction programme, and cash for winterisation support to allow people to access insulation materials. Below you can find out more about the work of the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement in this field, accessing different resources related to cash and shelter.
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Rental Assistance is a shelter programming option particularly suited to urban contexts. IFRC has recently been developing resources on this and they can be accessed on this page dedicated to:
Key resources
- IFRC – Shelter Research Unit (SRU): Shelters, Settlements and Cash: A manual on Cash and Voucher Assistance
- A wide range of resources can be found on the Global Shelter Cluster page dedicated to Shelter and Cash Assistance.
- An half-day cash and shelter training module, to support training delivery to develop programme staff when selecting cash as a potential response tool in emergency shelter programmes.
- Market Based Programming (MBP) and Shelter Guidance Note: guidance that offers practitioners a short overview of Market-Based Programming and it’s potential application in humanitarian shelter programming.
27 February 2020
Short video – ICHA Shelter reconstruction process learning review (2’21”)
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ICHA, Kenya Red CrossShort video offering an overview (2’21”) of the implementation of a shelter recovery programme using a mixed approach including community participation, cash and voucher assistance, and innovative technology (RedRose) to respond to floods in Kenya in 2018.
2 August 2019
Shelters, Settlements and Cash: A manual on Cash and Voucher Assistance
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IFRC, Luxembourg Red CrossThis manual is intended to explore how and when financial support, in the form of CVA, can support people to cover their immediate shelter needs, be it finding short-term rented accommodation or purchasing Household (HH) items or tools and materials that can help facilitate the construction of shelters that meet basic requirements of protection from the elements while providing some degree of privacy.
1 July 2019
Safe Rebuilding: A Mixed Approach to Shelter Response Following the 2018 Floods in Kenya
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ICHA, Kenya Red CrossCase study on the implementation of a shelter recovery programme using a mixed approach including community participation, cash and voucher assistance, and innovative technology (RedRose) to respond to floods in Kenya in 2018.
5 May 2018
Cash and shelter advocacy materials
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RCRCMEmergency Shelter and Cash-based Programming Advocacy module materials.
25 May 2017
Literature review on the use of cash and shelter
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Global Shelter ClusterThis Global Shelter Cluster literature review has taken stock of previous work on cash for shelter and housing finance while looking into existing market assessment tools, covering a period of time between 2009 and 2016.
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