Day 2
Nov 22, 2022
1:00 pm

Best Practices in Housing Finance and Microfinance for the Vulnerable

Within the increasingly-challenging world economic dynamics, the topic of access to finance – particularly for vulnerable and poor populations – is becoming even more restrictive.

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Within the increasingly-challenging world economic dynamics, the topic of access to finance – particularly for vulnerable and poor populations – is becoming even more restrictive. While many countries have adapted their financial products for enterprise development and supporting income-generating economic activities, especially microfinance institutions (MFIs), housing finance remains one of the most underserved areas with limited access, often with a rather ambiguous regulatory and policy framework and an evident need for further exploration and development.

Housing finance is also characterized by under-developed and ‘quiet’ distorted – or unbalanced, to say the least- market system dynamics, where key stakeholders are yet to meet on common ground and where demand and supply for affordable housing for the vulnerable are operating within a more functional pro-poor structure.Our panel discussion today aims to look at different aspects of housing finance for the vulnerable – often un-bankable populations, learn about different country experiences, and look at the way ahead for making access to affordable housing a reality for those groups most in need of it.

While there has been significant improvement and evident progress in practices relating to access to housing finance in general as well as microfinance for supporting housing, affordable and accessible microfinance products designed specifically for housing for low-income and vulnerable groups remain scarce and not market-responsive, especially in poor countries.

This panel aims to present some existing best practices and market options that enable access to affordable housing to poor and vulnerable populations, reflecting on how market system actors can develop long-term sustainable impact on adequate housing and how government authorities can improve housing financing and build capacities to optimize funding opportunities to simplify and ensure housing access to low-income and vulnerable populations.

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