Habitat for Humanity International and Symbiotics Join Forces to Accelerate and Scale Affordable, Inclusive and Sustainable Housing Finance
Habitat for Humanity International and Symbiotics have come together to launch MicroBuild® Fund 2, a global private credit fund designed to expand and deepen the affordable housing finance ecosystem in emerging markets.
IFC and HDFC Capital Partner to Boost Green Affordable Housing Finance in India With $1B H-DREAM Fund
H-DREAM Fund is among the first private credit funds globally focused on increasing sustainable affordable and mid-income housing in urban India.
Building Homes, Building Futures: Egypt’s Affordable Housing Finance Model
This case study provides substantial guidance to address housing shortages, financial exclusion, and sustainability challenges effectively, fostering a transformative progress in affordable housing.
AFI, Habitat for Humanity, and Central Bank of Egypt Hold Successful Housing Finance Workshop in Cairo
The event, attended by members from ten AFI institutions, explored low-cost housing models, green housing finance, subsidies in housing finance, and strategies to engage housing finance ecosystem stakeholders.
IFC Provides Financing for $200 Million to Banco BICE to Expand Mortgages for Women in Chile
The loan will have a five-year tenor and a three-year grace period, helping Banco BICE increase and diversify its long-term financing to support the housing portfolio growth.
Britam and Habitat for Humanity Expand Partnership to Strengthen Property Insurance Penetration Rate in Kenya
Britam General Insurance and Habitat for Humanity International (HFHI) – Terwilliger Centre for Innovation in Shelter (TCIS), have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to tackle the low market penetration of property insurance, which currently stands at 0.5%.
Symbiotics Capacity Building Enhances Access to Affordable Housing for Smallholder Farmers and Microentrepreneurs in Kenya
With funding from REGMIFA, Symbiotics Capacity Building facilitates the design and roll-out of JKL’s housing micro loan with the support of Housing Development Finance Consultants Africa “HDFC” Ltd.
Incofin India Progress Fund Invests $4.3 Million in Varashakti Housing Finance
The series A funding comes from Incofin India Progress Fund, a private equity fund launched in 2021. As of June 2023, Varashakti Housing Finance offers home loans, home improvement loans, loans against poverty and small ticket business loans.
Operation HOPE and Fulton Bank Partnership Generates Nearly $1 B in Loans to Low- and Moderate-Income Homebuyers
Fulton Bank has helped facilitate more than $968 million in loans to more than 5,700 homebuyers under the Closing Cost Assistance Program, and that cumulative total is on track to hit $1 billion in loans in 2023
IFC Announces $300 Million Loan to Banistmo to Boost Financing for SMEs and Preferential Mortgages
The investment will allow Banistmo to address two development challenges simultaneously by reducing the financing gap for SMEs and addressing the country's housing deficit.