HUDCO’s HSMI publishes a bi-annual magazine named 'Shelter', on themes relevant to the sector. Shelter is published Bi-Annually in the months of April & October such that it is released on HUDCO Annual Day Celebrations in April and World Habitat Day celebrations in October. The themes are aligned with the government of India missions and schemes as also the UN Habitat themes.

Shelter, April 2023 HUDCO’s HSMI Publication

In order to promote and propagate best practices, every year HUDCO organizes “HUDCO Award for Best Practices to Improve the Living Environment” to motivate institutes who have demonstrated outstanding initiatives to encourage innovative and sustainable projects. It also publishes a compendium on the ‘Best Practices Awards’ annually and it is released on the occasion of World Habitat Day celebrations in October.

HUDCO gives award under the following 7 themes:-

• Urban Governance
• Housing, Urban Poverty and Infrastructure
• Urban Transport
• Environment Management, Energy Conservation and Green Building
• Sanitation
• Urban Design & Regional Planning, Inner City Revitalization & Conservation
• Disaster Preparedness, Mitigation and Rehabilitation

Each theme has sub-themes for defining in greater detail the multi dimensional approaches for improving the city or urban area.