The Covid-19 pandemic has exposed and exacerbated the persistent state of disaster facing a majority of households across the continent, whether they live in informal …
While housing is explicitly articulated in Target 11 of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), it is a key component of sustainable development across all of …
Across the world, people are being asked to stay at home and practice social distancing, to stop the spread of the COVID-19 virus. This first strategy …
There are a number of framing concepts that drive CAHF’s work. This blog sets out how we think about the housing asset, and why it …
Casa Minha is an innovative social business that builds various typologies of modular homes targeted at middle and upper middle-income urban Mozambicans. The company is …
Housing Finance in Africa How can Africa expand access to affordable housing? The Centre for Affordable Housing in Africa (CAHF) chronicles the experiences of the …
The need for policies, programmes and tools to promote the development of small-scale rental in South Africa, and in particular backyard rental, has been evident …
Cytonn Research has published a series of focus notes on Home Ownership Savings Plans in Kenya. The first paper titled Home Ownership Savings Plan “HOSP” …
The number of outstanding mortgages is one of the key indicators the Centre for Affordable Housing Finance in Africa (CAHF) uses to track the scale …
The launch of the first annual Francophone course on Affordable Housing Finance in Africa was held in, Dakar Senegal, from 20 to 25 January 2020. …
