A short study on community financing mechanisms for affordable housing production in Africa

In December 2020, the Centre for Affordable Housing Finance in Africa (CAHF), UrbaMondeand UrbaSEN signed a partnership agreement to undertake a scoping exercise to explore experiences of citizen financing mechanisms for affordable housing delivery.

This short study – available in French and English – documents and disseminates 10 experiences, programs and projects of affordable housing production in Africa. Using bibliographic research and in-depth interviews, this work made it possible to analyze the capacity of projects and partners to be part of the public and private funding chain, and to mobilise the so-called “citizen finance” .

Furthermore, it was decided to analyse and present these experiences, each rooted in a country and a local context, through their funding mechanism as a tool for the production of affordable housing.

To find out more about the program in English or French, follow the links below.