CAHF | Centre for Affordable Housing Finance in Africa

CAHF | Centre for Affordable Housing Finance in Africa The Centre for Affordable Housing Finance in Africa (CAHF) is a not-for-profit company based in South Africa with a vision for an enabled affordable housing finance system in countries throughout Africa, where governments, business, and advocates work together to provide a wide range of housing options accessible to all. CAHF’s mission is to make Africa’s housing finance markets work, with special attention on access to housing finance for the poor. The company pursues this mission through the dissemination of research and market intelligence, supporting cross-sector collaborations, and a market-based approach. The overall goal of CAHF’s work is to see an increase of investment in affordable housing and housing finance throughout Africa: more players and better products, with a specific focus on the poor. The company's work covers four main areas: (1) understanding housing markets, (2) monitoring housing sector performance, (3) exploring innovation in housing finance, and (4) supporting housing finance market development. Since its formation in 2014, the CAHF has come to be known as the most comprehensive and up-to-date source of information on housing finance in Africa. Its research and other material is regularly used by investors, lenders, pension funds, and other financiers; legal practitioners, researchers and academics; policy makers, and other housing finance practitioners to scope and pursue the opportunities for extending access to housing finance across Africa. As a thought leader in the sector, CAHF is a respected advocate for financial inclusion in housing finance in Africa. CAHF’s work is available on their website: www.housingfinanceafrica.org.