Community Finance – 2021 Awards finalist

_{Community Finance is helping to build new, energy efficient and affordable homes for Kiwis. All homes are built to a minimum of NZ Green Building Council Homestar 7 rating.}

_{Community Finance’s Salvation Army Community Bond, a social impact bond, is the first of its kind in Aotearoa New Zealand. It raised $40m to build 118 apartments and houses over three locations during the Covid crisis. These have housed 150 adults and 59 children.}

_{Community Finance has issued the Aotearoa Pledge. It’s a bold vision to raise $100 million in 2021. It secured cornerstone investment from the Generate KiwiSaver. As of May 2021, $71m had been secured. Investors included ANZ, Forsyth Barr, Generate, Pathfinder, Simplicity and The Clare Foundation. This will support a build-to-own programme in partnership with the community housing sector.}

_{Community Finance is a collaboration between philanthropic foundations, financial institutions, community housing providers and the Ministry of Housing.}