The Housing Finance Corporation

A landmark deal has been announced with the government stepping in to help accelerate the retrofit of social housing stock across the UK. Damp and mould, fuel poverty, poor ventilation and unsafe living conditions are all key issues plaguing the housing sector - not to mention the harrowing impact o

The Housing Finance Corporation (THFC) has announced the appointment of Priya Nair as its new chief executive. Ms Nair will take over from Piers Williamson, who will step down at THFC’s Annual General Meeting in July, after 22 years at the helm of THFC. Priya will start her new role on 11th Ma

The Housing Finance Corporation (THFC) has published its third annual Sustainability Reporting Standard for Social Housing (SRS) report for 2022/23, alongside its inaugural group-wide Sustainability Report. The SRS report, which covers the 30 borrowers in THFC’s bLEND portfolio as of 31st Marc

The Housing Finance Corporation (THFC), the UK's affordable housing aggregator, has had its ‘A-1’ rating affirmed, along with a stable outlook from S&P Global Ratings. The ratings agency said that it expects THFC's management policies and governance standards to continue to support t

The Housing Finance Corporation (THFC) has appointed two new non-executive directors to its board. Fiona MacGregor, chief executive of the Regulator of Social Housing (RSH), becomes the new RSH nominee director. Fiona replaces Will Perry, director of strategy at the RSH, upon the completion of his m

The Housing Finance Corporation Limited (THFC) has announced the internal appointments of two new executive board members, alongside the internal appointment of a new group treasurer.

The Housing Finance Corporation (THFC) has unveiled a £2 billion finance vehicle designed to help housing associations deliver on their sustainability objectives across new and existing homes.

Twenty-nine housing associations have disclosed their environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance for the last financial year to £8bn mutual lender The Housing Finance Corporation (THFC). The publication of THFC’s ‘Funding Housing, Making Impact 2022’ report marks

The Housing Finance Corporation (THFC), an affordable housing aggregator, has retained its ‘A’ credit rating with a stable outlook from S&P Global Ratings. S&P praised THFC’s risk management and governance structures, which it said will allow the aggregator to maintain a st

Trust Housing Association has recently completed a refinancing exercise, securing £22 million of bond finance from bLEND Funding Plc to support the delivery of its three-year business strategy, the Time is Now. bLEND is an A2 rated Social Bond programme providing bond finance to housing associ

A funding vehicle of The Housing Finance Corporation (THFC) has raised £107 million for three housing associations including Edinburgh-based Trust Housing following a temporary pause on the bond markets due to the Ukraine crisis.

The Housing Finance Corporation (THFC) has completed its first charging exercise involving homes being built using modern methods of construction (MMC) with borrower GreenSquareAccord.

A multi-billion pound retrofit of the UK’s social housing stock can be achieved through the right mix of public and private funding, according to new research.

The Housing Finance Corporation (THFC) has helped Dunedin Canmore, part of Wheatley Group, reduce the interest rate it pays on a loan from the European Investment Bank (EIB) to just 1.25%.

New Gorbals Housing Association is to receive £4.5 million in funding from The Housing Finance Corporation's 25-year Funding No.3 Bond at a record-low fixed rate of 1.998%. With a spread over Gilts of 1.41%, the issue was from so-called ‘retained bonds’ issued from THFC (Funding) N