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.

This paper looks at the evidence regarding international private capital flows into subsidised housing based on available data. It also includes takeaways from extensive interviews undertaken with local and international investors on investment barriers and enablers, while it also analyses recent private capital trends through a range of case studies, with the focus on the United Kingdom and the United States where there is more available data, but also Canada and some select European countries.

In 2022, the Community Housing Industry Association (CHIA) commissioned a standard tool for measuring, managing, reporting and interpreting community impact generated by the Australian community housing sector with the support of NHFIC and other partners. The result is the first edition of the ESG Reporting Standard for Australian community housing, developed for, and by, the sector.

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.

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

Australia’s housing markets have been through an extraordinary period, impacted by COVID-19 related lockdowns, low population growth and record amounts of monetary and fiscal stimulus.

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