Print Email Facebook Twitter Institutional investment in social rental housing: France, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom explored Title Institutional investment in social rental housing: France, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom explored Author Haffner, M.E.A. Hoekstra, J.S.C.M. Tang, C. Oxley, M. Faculty Architecture and The Built Environment Department OTB Date 2015-06-29 Abstract In the United Kingdom, social landlords are facing decreasing governmental financial support for them to fulfil their role in the provision of social housing, which has led to increasing pressure on them to rely on private capital. Traditionally, bank loans were the main source of private capital, but after the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) and the credit crunch, social landlords have had to identify alternative sources of capital funding. At the same time, institutional investors have the strong intention to diversify their investment portfolios. This paper aims to explore whether institutional investors might be interested in diversifying their investment into social rental housing in France, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. The paper considers broadly why social landlords want institutional investors, why institutional investors have been investing in social rental housing, the returns, risks and barriers associated with institutional investment in social rental housing, and finally how the GFC and government regulatory policies potentially influence future institutional investment in the sector. The research was based on interviews with a small number of social housing providers and institutional investors in these three countries. Subject bond financeequity investmentintermediate rentingsocial housing To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:4b355572-7c31-4789-9672-857b685182e8 Publisher ENHR Source ENHR 2015 Conference ‘Housing and Cities in a time of change: are we focusing on People?’ Lisbon, Portugal, 29 June-1 July 2015 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type conference paper Rights (c) 2015 The Author(s) Files PDF 318215.pdf 172.17 KB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:4b355572-7c31-4789-9672-857b685182e8/datastream/OBJ/view