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CEFC makes two investments totalling $230 million

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAR 2017  |  NEWS
... million, one towards net-zero carbon emission office buildings, the other to build energy-efficient social and affordable housing. The CEFC will invest $100 million in the AMP Capital Wholesale Office Fund (AWOF), which "is aiming to deliver a property ...

Government issues discussion paper on social impact investing market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2017  |  NEWS
... area, but to do this successfully, they have to have the states on board because states do deliver social and affordable housing on a day to day basis. It's all part of the package." Given states like New South Wales have also been active in developing ...

Evergen to pilot program installing system with SGCH

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
... Environment, the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) and SGCH to deliver an innovative solution for social and affordable housing tenants. The systems, which are in the process of being installed, will have solar PV's installed on the roofs and the ...

Connecting off-grid communities with renewable tech: AllGrid Energy

PIA LEFEVRE  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2016  |  NEWS
... is also starting collaborations with Alpha technologies, to introduce Wi- Fi, and Solar Relief to introduce affordable housing for remote communities. "It's as an Indigenous company and philosophy of working together that we embrace," Pratt said. "It's ...

Podcast: Australia's Affordable Housing Solution

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
The impact of Australia's lack of affordable housing is far reaching - low-income earners are being pushed to the fringes of cities, with some households paying up to 85 per cent of their income on rent. But according to experts, solving the affordable ...

The search for better social metrics to value affordable housing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
There is a multistakeholder push to develop metrics to more accurately measure the social impacts of affordable housing developments, with investors, intermediaries and housing providers all seeking more reliable standards to assess social as well as ...

New Community Sector Banking CEO outlines bank's value

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... that there are a number of sectors rather than an individual sector. The ability to provide services into the affordable housing sector, or unique financial considerations of the disability sector, supporting direction into helping inclusiveness for ...

Investors call for affordable housing bonds, aggregating body

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... expressed support for a government-established intermediary aggregators to issue bonds to finance large scale affordable housing projects. Ian Learmonth, executive director of impact investing, Social Ventures Australia In January, the federal government ...

Urgent need for social impact metrics development

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2016  |  NEWS
... will see the Trust partner with Horizon Housing to "finance the purchase of management rights for 995 existing affordable housing properties and the future development of up to 60 new social and affordable homes," according to HESTA. Horizon Housing ...

CEFC launches $250m Community Housing Program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2016  |  NEWS
... agreement with not-for-profit community housing provider SGCH to develop environmentally-friendly social and affordable housing projects. The CEFC has committed up to $60 million in long-term senior debt to the program, which is expected to build over ...