The 2020 Housing Finance in Africa Yearbook is now available online!
Featuring a focus on the impact of COVID-19, the Yearbook was launched 3 November 2020 at the 36th Annual Conference of the African Union for Housing Finance.
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The Centre for Affordable Housing Finance in Africa (CAHF) is an independent think tank working to support and grow housing markets in Africa for increased affordability.
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CAHF's programme of work operates across three broad platforms - Knowledge Production, Advocacy and Market Development.
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CAHF currently has 8 focus countries - Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, DRC, Mozambique, Nigeria, Uganda, Senegal, South Africa and Tanzania. However, our research and market intelligence extends across the entire continent.
Explore the continentHousing Finance in Africa Yearbook 2019
The 10th anniversary edition of the Housing Finance in Africa Yearbook covers 55 African countries and five regions. The publication is available in English and French.
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Access our 2020 Yearbook at https://t.co/BZoyQMvfKp https://t.co/XF7UXrsQJZ
According to the 2020 CAHF housing yearbook an estimated 6.5 million households are likely to be able to afford a house priced between the US$8 040 (Millard Fuller Foundation house) or a prototype costing US$10 000.
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This year’s 2020 Yearbook was a product of so many contributors: 45 authors, twelve external editors, and 35 sponsors! Not to mean toon the CAHF team, friends and family. Thank you to all - we are so grateful for your support. Visit https://t.co/BZoyQMvfKp https://t.co/ZfdM5lSppx
Affordable housing must be part of African economic recovery plans in a post #COVID19 era - housing can contribute as much as 16% to national economies! See the @AUHF_Housing annual declaration, agreed last week. @UNHABITAT_ROAF @AfDB_Group @AUChair2020 @mfw4a https://t.co/3zbqY88TYA
Very happy to have the active participation of @WAfricaHousing in our 2020 yearbook! https://t.co/0SbyoONB4T
Explicit attention to the regularisation of title deeds would have a massive impact on township economic development - working property markets must be part of our economic recovery strategy https://t.co/1UvYhwUSkD
#AUHFVirtual2020 HDFC - INTRODUCTION, FOOTPRINTS IN AFRICA AND INSIGHTS ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING AT INDIA
Presented by: Shalabh Sharma, Deputy General Manager, HDFC Bank, India https://t.co/54BAAgqmDo
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On the street where I live...- In its demonstration phase Casa Minha has constructed modular houses, designed for incremental extension, and targeted to the urban middle and upper middle class market. This Model B type house can have between 2 and 3 bedrooms. The house occupies 100 square metres on a plot size of 115 square
- The Casa Minha project is modelled on densification, supply in exchange and cross subsidisation. This is a Model A, twinned type two bedroom house, with two two-storey homes built on the same plot of land in a neighbourhood that connects to prime areas of Maputo city. Once sold, one home
- Casa Real’s developments have demonstrated the possibility of building affordable homes in Beira. Pictured here are two one bedroom homes valued at US$10 000 each. Each unit is 22 square metres and is complete with a foundation for incremental expansion. Given the housing affordability profile and challenges of end user
- Casa Real in the City of Beira has ten fully complete affordable houses on its site, which is in close proximity to the main highway and access to public transport routes. The plot sizes are an important part of the affordability impact. The local municipality approved for the homes to
- Audacious effort by Ithemba Property to bring residential into the eastern part of the Johannesburg CBD. Jewel City is an inner city conversion and new build effort: shops, schools, a clinic, businesses, and affordable rental. This is the new brand of inner city living: tiny flats that don’t feel tiny,
