NHS Solutions Lab – Directing institutional funding to affordable housing | CMHC

This NHS project profile created by the CMHC presents the goals of the Solutions Lab “Directing Institutional Funding to Affordable Housing,” led by Archangel Ventures and the Brookfield Centre for Real Estate and Infrastructure, which creates a matchmaking platform connecting ESG (environmental, social, and corporate governance) investors with affordable housing developers, starting in the Greater Toronto Area. The Lab showcases incentives, grants, and rebates to attract private equity investment for affordable housing projects scalable across Canada.
Project team and/or partners: Joseph Ogilvie and Rissa Kintanar (Archangel Ventures); Karen Shlesinger, Jim Clayton, Avis Devine (Brookfield Centre, Schulich School of Business); Ashraful Hasan and Jillian Mah (HelpSeeker Technologies).
Topics include National Housing Strategy, ESG investment, affordable housing finance, private equity, housing supply, and impact investing.