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The National Housing Finance and Investment Corporation (NHFIC)

Colour Bonding (right) is an artwork created for NHFIC by Archibald Prize winning artist, Blak Douglas.

Colour Bonding was commissioned by NHFIC as part of our Reconciliation Action Plan journey.

INFORMATION FOR

The Australian Government supports eligible home buyers to purchase a home sooner.

NHFIC offers a free tool to help home buyers determine eligibility for the Home Guarantee Scheme (HGS)

Am I eligible?

Our Guarantees

About the Home Guarantee Scheme First Home Guarantee (FHBG) Regional First Home Buyer Guarantee (RFHBG) Family Home Guarantee (FHG)

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Tools and resources Property price caps Compare the Guarantees FAQs

NHFIC loans and grants to accelerate housing supply

Through the Affordable Housing Bond Aggregator (AHBA) and the National Housing Infrastructure Facility (NHIF), NHFIC supports the delivery of more social and affordable housing, and the enabling critical infrastructure needed to unlock and accelerate new housing supply.

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NHFIC loans and grants

Overview of loans and grants AHBA loans NHIF - Critical Infrastructure NHIF - Social and Affordable Housing

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Case studies Social and Sustainability Bonds

Investing in positive social outcomes.

Social bonds raise funds for projects that support positive social outcomes.

Sustainability bonds raise funds for projects that also have positive environmental outcomes. 

Investor relations

Social and Sustainability bonds Social Bond Reports

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CHP case studies Research and data

WHAT WE DO

Our mission is to improve housing outcomes for Australians.

Support to buy a home

The Home Guarantee Scheme (HGS) is an Australian Government initiative to support eligible home buyers to purchase a home sooner.

Find out more about HGS

Affordable Housing Bond Aggregator

The Affordable Housing Bond Aggregator (AHBA) provides low cost, long-term loans to registered community housing providers (CHPs) to support the provision of more social and affordable housing. 

Find out more about AHBA

National Housing Infrastructure Facility

The National Housing Infrastructure Facility (NHIF) is a $1 billion facility that provides finance for eligible housing enabling infrastructure projects that will unlock new housing supply, particularly affordable housing, and new social and affordable housing.

Find out more about NHIF

Research

NHFIC undertakes independent research into housing demand, supply and affordability in Australia, including looking at current and potential gaps between supply and demand across housing sub-markets.

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Our impact

NHFIC's impact - read more about our contribution to improving housing outcomes

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$3.4b
Loans approved by NHFIC board
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17,500+
New & existing homes supported
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$600m+
Estimated interest savings
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$420m+
Infrastructure funding approved by NHFIC board
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77,000+
Australians helped to buy their own home
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13
Groundbreaking research papers released

Latest News

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04 Jan 2023
First Build-to-Rent social and affordable housing project to be delivered in partnership with the SA Government under the Federal Government’s widening of the NHIF

The National Housing Finance and Investment Corporation (NHFIC) today announced its support for a $70 million Build-to-Rent social and affordable housing project in Adelaide to be undertaken by the South Australian Housing Authority (SAHA) and the community housing sector.

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09 Dec 2022
NHFIC releases analysis on Australia’s rental markets
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05 Dec 2022
NHFIC teams with For Purpose Investment Partners and BlueCHP to fund NSW disability housing project
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25 Nov 2022
Federal Government’s NHFIC approves $300 million commitment in first institutional partnership with AXA IM Alts and SGCH to deliver new homes in Western Sydney
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