- Help families to understand their rights to land and gain secure title where possible
- Encourage governments to fairly implement land laws
- Work with communities and governments to improve living conditions in informal settlements, such as urban slums, and protect residents from eviction
- Improving access to safe water sources by building community wells, pumps and filtration systems
- Access to toilets and hygiene training for communities, so households can start to adopt healthier practices
- Involving the community in renovation of existing facilities including cleaning drains and repairing communal bathrooms and toilets
- Linking families to informal finance institutions that provide microloans to upgrade or repair their homes or start small businesses
- Educate people in financial literacy and motivate them to save through community savings groups
- Encouraging the use of local, sustainable and affordable building materials
- Offering technical assistance and training in safe construction methods
- Upgrading existing homes, to be stronger and safer
- Ensuring new homes are built to better withstand natural disasters
- Community development
- Ensuring that community members are active in planning and implementing improvements to their community
- Organising and training community associations, and linking them with funding sources
- Planning community facilities that are safe for children and adults alike, such as pre-schools, youth centres, and meeting places
- Strengthening and working with community organisations to build trust and to enhance a higher sense of community spirit