Hello Shelter, Cash and Markets CoP colleagues, and Happy New Year!

Thanks to those who joined us for our series of calls late last year and a special thanks to the presenters for sharing their time and experience across the topics. 

Please find below resources which you may find useful related to each of the call topics.

Rental Assistance call - 5 November 2025

This call explored rental assistance as a key shelter intervention, sharing evidence of its impact on housing stability and wellbeing and introducing practical guides and experience from Blumont, IOM and NRC.

Slidedeck: https://sheltercluster.org/shelter-cash-and-markets-community-practice/documents/rental-assistance-presentation-november-2025 

IOM Rental Assistance Operational Guide: https://publications.iom.int/system/files/pdf/pub2024-073-el-iom-rental-assistance-operational-guide.pdf

NRC Good Rental Market Manual: https://www.nrc.no/resources/manuals/the-good-rental-market-manual 

Cash Decision Tools calls - 19 and 20 November 2025

These calls introduced new decision-making tools, including a decision tree, along with specific MPCA/ RRM specific guidance and associated annexes. These tools are aimed to support practictioners in making decisions around the use of cash in shelter and settlements programming. 

Slidedeck: https://sheltercluster.org/shelter-cash-and-markets-community-practice/documents/cash-decision-tools-presentationnov25 

Q&A: https://docs.google.com/document/d/14vuBuynwtlteNJutYa85xYzbPv72mSf-/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=113286115823249287066&rtpof=true&sd=true 

Link to Decision Tools: https://sheltercluster.org/research-initiatives/documents/decision-tree-supporting-decisions-use-cash-shelter-settlement 

Any questions about the Shelter, Cash and Markets CoP or requests for future topics, please get in touch!