Social Finance: Strategies, Financing Models, Canadian Organizations, and Pro-Forma Financial Model

13 Social Finance Strategies for Affordable Housing

Now that you’ve read the Social Finance Primer, here is a list of 13 possible Social Finance strategies/structures we can look to when getting into the nitty-gritty of financing affordable housing projects in Southern Georgian Bay.

Financing Models by Development Stage

We’ve organized an order of operations for Social Financing, depending on the stage of your affordable housing development project. Starting with “Pre-Development Loan Financing” to property management and lease-to-own models.

Canadian Social Finance: organizations that can help

This list includes examples of a number of organizations that participate in the social finance and housing space in Canada. Some are investors, some are developers and others support the work of adequate affordable housing in critical ways. *This is by no means a complete and comprehensive list, but it should help you see where you/your organization fit into the matrix so you can research organizations that align with your specific project.

Pro-Forma Financial Modeling

When discussing affordable housing, many of us have difficulty understanding the financial complexity of any building project; however, it is possible to build affordable housing with collaboration between municipalities, regions, private developers builders, nonprofit housing corporations, and using alternative financing models.

Ontario Nonprofit Network: Financing nonprofit real estate

Imagine Canada: How are organizations using social finance?

22 organizations at different stages of investment readiness shared their social finance journeys with us. Read their stories to find out about their unique experiences, the lessons they learned, and the best practices they shared.