Alleviating Europe's housing crisis through private debt

Investing in affordable housing

A number of factors are conspiring in many countries across Europe to cause an increasing scarcity of affordable homes. This housing crisis directly affects not only those most in need left without secure and suitable homes, but also their country’s governments, local authorities, housing providers and multinational institutions.

These stakeholders participate in their own ways in taking the crucial steps needed to increase the availability of affordable housing. Market players may even have several roles - a government can be a provider of support schemes as well as an off-taker of a development upon construction. This almost provides a sense of comfort that through the cooperation and determination of these market participants, the housing shortage can be reduced; but there is one critical piece missing: the financing that allows developers to build these homes. Within Europe, several models exist to enable ...