Center for Innovation in Shelter and Finance -- Habitat for Humanity Int'l 1
Center for Innovation in Shelter and Finance
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Khujand, Tajikistan
(Photo: HFHI/Steffan Hacker)
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Almost a quarter of the world's population lives in substandard shelter, impacting their health, livelihoods and children's education. Since 1976, Habitat for Humanity International has mobilized communities to build more than 300,000 homes for these families worldwide. But as the world's poor become increasingly urbanized, the issue of shelter is becoming more urgent, and new solutions are needed. Since 2000, HFHI has pioneered innovative methods for using financial services to enable families to improve their housing. The massive need for shelter requires an initiative to support scale solutions that build upon the lessons, energy and innovation of these efforts and others.
HFHI’s Center for Innovation in Shelter and Finance aims to advance the development of demand-driven, scalable housing solutions to low-income communities. The Center promotes and supports vibrant housing finance solutions through advisory services, research, knowledge management and learning exchanges.
Our Services
The Center for Innovation in Shelter and Finance assists retail finance institutions, networks and donors in strategic planning, training (managers and field staff), product design, institutional assessment and capital markets preparation for housing and microfinance. The Center can also assist in the design and implementation of research and market analysis of the poor’s access to housing financial services.
Our Experience