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Generate KiwiSaver, Community Finance invest $14m to build social housing in Christchurch
A new community development will see 35 social housing units built in Christchurch through a multimillion-dollar investment scheme.
INFINZ Awards 2022 – Winners of the Innovation in Financial Services category
New Zealand INFINZ Awards Winners Innovation in Financial Services Sponsored by Fitch Ratings The Awards recognise innovation and excellence in New Zealand's financial sector eco-system and are the leading financial industry awards across New Zealand's calendar year....
INFINZ Awards 2022 – Finalist in Innovation in Financial Services
We are finalists in the INFINZ awards 2022. Innovation in Financial Services Sponsored by Fitch Ratings
Positive Capital teams up with Alvarium, Pathfinder for community housing
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/positive-capital-teams-up-with-alvarium-pathfinder-for-community-housing/3F5V562I2SPYUYWDGM3WF4XNO4/
Community Finance has taken home the Supreme Award at the Sustainable Business awards
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=961818104405482&ref=sharing
Finance and investment firms join in plan for community housing
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/456793/finance-and-investment-firms-join-in-plan-for-community-housing
Investing community to community
https://sustainable.org.nz/sustainable-business-news/community-finance-wins-transforming-nz-award-at-sustainable-business-awards/
Making Money a Force for Good
Joining the dots to solve the housing crisis
When the Facts Change…
The Great Divide
In a single generation New Zealand has transformed itself from a home-owning democracy into a society fractured by property wealth — between those who have it, and those who do not. How did it happen and what is it doing to us? View Article...
RNZ
Forty thousand New Zealand families without decent housing; crowding into single rooms; cold, damp, mouldy accommodation… Sounds familiar - but this was during the Great Depression in 1935. And now? Now, its 300,000 An ideological switch that led to our housing crisis...
Finalist in the Outstanding Collaboration category for the 2021 Sustainable Business Awards!
We are finalists in the Sustainable Business Network awards. Outstanding Collaboration Sponsored by Toitū Envirocare Citizen Community Finance, Generate KiwiSaver, ANZ, Simplicity, Pathfinder, Forsyth Barr, Lindsay Foundation, Clare Foundation, & WEL Energy Trust...
Winners of the Best Impact Investment Fund
The judges recognised the track record in finance for community housing that preceded the formation of Community Finance.
Home Truths Simon Wilson explores the community housing solution
Runaway house prices have made renting as well as buying unaffordable for many New Zealanders. Simon Wilson gets a first-hand look at the new wave of community housing and wonders if this could be part of the answer…....
New Salvation Army houses create communities of hope
The Salvation Army is setting a high bar for social housing. We are not only building…
We are finalists in Mindful Money Ethical Investment Awards, category “Best Impact Investment Fund”.
The judges recognised that the work of Community Finance in scaling up private sector financing has laid the groundwork for a transformational change in both community housing and the impact investment sector. Community Finance has played a crucial role in building...
This is why we do what we do!
TVNZ interview with Shamubeel and Breakfast show host John Campbell https://www.tvnz.co.nz/shows/breakfast/clips/top-economist-says-government-s-plan-to-address-social-housing-issues-set-to-fail
INFINZ Awards – Emerging Leader Winner 2021
James Palmer CEO wins INFINZ emerging leader award. The INFINZ awards are to the New Zealand Finance sector what the Academy Awards are to Hollywood. It is with great pleasure that we acknowledge the award for Emerging Leader was presented by the sponsor University of...
INFINZ Awards Finalist Announcement
We are very excited to announce publicly that our own James Palmers is a Finalist for the 2021 INFINZ Awards.
Simplicity invests $20 million into community housing initiative
KiwiSaver provider Simplicity has committed $20 million to a new initiative aiming to raise $100 million to address New Zealand’s housing shortage and help Kiwi families into new homes around the country. Simplicity’s contribution is the largest to date and takes...
The Aotearoa Pledge
$100 million of impact investment for new housing supply in 2021.
$40 million investment target met to build 118 new homes
An investment platform launched late last year has raised $40 million to build affordable homes for Kiwi families. Community Finance brings together impact investors and philanthropists with Community Housing Providers to build homes for those in need. The company...
Community Finance Partners with Public Trust as Security Trustee
The ink is now dry on a new partnership between Public Trust and New Zealand’s largest, open, impact investment platform, Community Finance. Public Trust is acting as Security Trustee to provide assurance and security to investors who join the growing global trend of...
Generate makes a $15 million impact investment into The Salvation Army Community Housing
The Generate KiwiSaver Scheme has become the cornerstone impact investor in The Salvation Army Community Bond. The transaction – facilitated by Community Finance – means they are the first KiwiSaver provider to invest into the creation of these 118 new, warm, dry and...
The Tindall Foundation backs new platform to finance homes for those in need
Sir Stephen Tindall encourages others to support the drive to meet desperate demand for affordable homes The Tindall Foundation has joined other high-profile backers to support a new initiative that brings investors together with community housing providers to build...
New way to finance and build more affordable homes
Government and private sector can’t do it alone, Community Housing Providers need investors to help build more affordable homes to meet demand A new initiative is bringing investors wishing to make a positive impact in the community together with housing providers to...