Green Affordable Housing Finance

The Green Affordable Housing Finance instrument, developed by Reall and the Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance, uses a coordinated system of construction and mortgage loan guarantees to incentivize local lenders to finance sustainable affordable housing for low-income households in Africa and South Asia.

• The Green Affordable Housing Finance instrument aims to create a self-sustaining housing finance ecosystem by deploying construction and mortgage loan guarantees. This approach targets both the supply side (developers) and the demand side (households with low and informal incomes) to increase the availability of climate-smart affordable homes.
• The instrument is structured around two primary components: an Enabling Environment Facility (EEF) and a Guarantee Facility. The EEF provides technical assistance and construction finance to help local developers achieve bankability and assists local lenders in adopting alternative credit assessments for low-income borrowers. The Guarantee Facility is designed to de-risk both construction loans and mortgages issued by local lenders.
• Reall will pilot the instrument in Kenya before expanding to South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. The pilot phase is expected to mobilize USD 37 million in lending activity over five years, with a long-term goal of supporting over USD 400 million in local private loans over 15 years.
• The financial requirements for the instrument include USD 10 million for the capitalization of the Guarantee Facility, USD 8 million for construction loans for innovative green home designs, USD 5 million for start-up costs, and USD 2 million for technical assistance for housing developers and local financial institutions (LFIs).

APA

Climate Policy Initiative (n.d.). Green Affordable Housing Finance. https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/GAHF-overview.pdf

Chicago

Climate Policy Initiative. Green Affordable Housing Finance. n.d. https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/GAHF-overview.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{climatepolicyinitiativendgreen, author = {{Climate Policy Initiative}}, title = {{Green Affordable Housing Finance}}, institution = {Climate Policy Initiative}, url = {https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/GAHF-overview.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }