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    • Uganda: Limitations on the SSA Mortgage Market
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    Generally, the mortgage sector across Sub-Saharan African countries is underdeveloped, with limited housing finance activity and few commercial banks savings...
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    Uruguay: Increasing Savings and Access to Mortgages with Banco Hipotecario del Uruguay
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    The Banco Hipotecario del Uruguay (BHU) is an autonomous bank with government support aimed at holding continuous and competitive credit...
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    Vietnam: Context-Specific Obstacles to Effective Investment
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    Commercial banks often will support the development and expansion of a mortgage market – but depending on certain country contexts,...
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    Uruguay: Increasing the Quality of Existing Housing Units
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    Uruguay has one of the lowest homeownership rates in Latin America, with renting as an acceptable form of tenure, despite...
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    South Africa: Green Certification for Sustainable Social Housing
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    Belhar Gardens, developed by Madulammoho Housing Association, is Cape Town, South Africa’s first social housing project to receive EDGE certification...
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    Philippines: Green mortgages for resilient housing
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    The Philippine government has long aimed to expand the mortgage market for their residents, and in 1977, established the National...
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    Mexico: Developing Sustainable Affordable Housing
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    Mexico has an acute housing shortage, with the deficit at more than a third of the existing stock. In order...
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    Indonesia: Faster Sales through Marketing Differential of Green Buildings
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    Green certification delivers financial benefits for commercial buildings, with new growing evidence of returns to residential developers. The commercial sector...
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    Colombia: Incentivizing Green Residential Development
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    By utilizing a finance-focused, data-driven approach, green residential construction took off in Colombia.  In 2017, Colombia had only one residential...
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    Brazil: Delinquency Rates in an Affordable Housing Program
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    Even though Brazil adopted socially progressive policies in the 2000s, over 200 million people still live in substandard housing. In...
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