Open Access Initiative Fact Sheet

The Open Access (OA) Initiative is a joint venture market systems intervention spearheaded by CAHF, FSDAfrica Investments, FSDKenya, and  Reall, and with the active participation of International Housing Solutions (IHS) in Kenya. These market facilitators have formed the Affordable Housing Investment Alliance (AHIA) to drive the OA Initiative.

The Vision

Affordable housing practitioners – developers, financiers and investors – share data and delivery experience into a central repository that becomes the full database of all investments into affordable housing in Africa, with a start in Kenya.  Data and information sharing between the parties, and collaboration in the advocacy and engagement processes, will leverage the individual efforts of the parties to realise economies of scale in improving the enabling environment for affordable housing.