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The National Housing Finance and Investment Corporation (NHFIC) today announced its support for the first women’s housing Build-to-Rent-to-Buy pilot program in the ACT. This is an innovative project which will support women facing rental stress or at risk of homelessness.

The National Housing Finance and Investment Corporation (NHFIC) notes the announcement by the Federal Government regarding the expansion of criteria for the Home Guarantee Scheme.

Link to announcement by the Hon Julie Collins MP.

Government announcement: Liability cap

The National Housing Finance and Investment Corporation (NHFIC) notes the announcement on 28 April 2023 by the The Hon Julie Collins MP on increasing NHFIC's liability cap, and welcomes the Government's additional support to deliver social and affordable housing.

Link to announcement by the Hon Julie Collins MP.

The National Housing Finance and Investment Corporation (NHFIC) has agreed to provide approximately $70 million in funding to community housing provider BaptistCare NSW & ACT to support their participation in the NSW Government’s Social and Affordable Housing Fund (SAHF) Program in Carlingford, NSW. With the loan to BaptistCare, 10,000 homes have been delivered in NSW with NHFIC funding over the past 4 years.

The significant pressures impacting housing supply and affordability were canvassed at this morning’s industry presentation and panel discussion on the ‘State of the Nation’s Housing 2022-23’ Report. The Report was published by the National Housing Finance and Investment Corporation (NHFIC) on 2 April 2023.

The National Housing Finance and Investment Corporation (NHFIC) today released its third flagship ‘State of the Nation’s Housing 2022-23’ research report.

To read the Federal Government’s statement on the appointment of Ms Teresa Dyson as the acting Chair to the National Housing Finance and Investment Corporation (NHFIC) for a three month period, click here.

Countries with prominent and growing institutional and private finance investment in social and affordable housing, typically have long-standing government policies such as guarantees, enduring subsidies, or public and private loan intermediation (similar to NHFIC’s bond aggregator), which help reduce the funding gap, research released today by the National Housing Finance and Investment Corporation (NHFIC) found.

The construction of three social and affordable apartment housing projects is on track to soon deliver more than 200 homes in metropolitan Melbourne. This has been a collaboration between the National Housing Finance and Investment Corporation (NHFIC), Victorian community housing provider HousingFirst, City of Port Phillip (CoPP) and the Victorian State Government.