Spotlight

Affordable Housing

The Good Economy has a strong track record in providing impact measurement and management services to investors in social and affordable housing – working with specialist local investors to the world's largest global real estate investment firms.

We also play a leading role in developing ESG and impact reporting standards for the wider social housing sector, as a founding partner of the ESG Social Housing Working Group.

Affordable housing is recognised as a universal social good within the Sustainable Development Goals. “Access to adequate, safe and affordable housing” is a core target for Goal 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities.

But housing is not just about 'bricks and mortar’. Having a decent, affordable home is an important determinant of people's health and well-being (Goal 3), has a positive effect on children’s education (Goal 4), can help people get and sustain employment (Goal 8) and can provide a route out of poverty (Goal 1). Housing’s carbon footprint can also be reduced through the right energy efficiency and construction measures (Goals 7 and 13).

News
Funding Affordable Homes 8th Annual Impact Report Article Funding Affordable Homes 8th Annual Impact Report
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Measuring and reporting placed-based impact NEWS Measuring and reporting placed-based impact

Place-based impact framework being developed by collaborative working group of asset owners and fund managers.

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PBII Project launched to harness the potential of impact investing to level up the UK NEWS PBII Project launched to harness the potential of impact investing to level up the UK

The Place-Based Impact Investing Project publishes eagerly awaited white paper

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TGE guides real estate sector's quest to unlock social value Report launch 15/03/21 TGE guides real estate sector's quest to unlock social value

A "roadmap" co-written by TGE for the Urban Land Institute (ULI) has been launched to guide global real estate to understand, capture and enhance its social value

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A roadmap for up-lifting social value in real estate? ULI analysis 15/03/21 A roadmap for up-lifting social value in real estate?

Sarah Forster says the Urban Land Institute's road map report for the global real estate industry represents an important shift in perceptions of "value" across the economy and society

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The SRS launch: watch the panel discussion on unlocking investment for social housing Watch now The SRS launch: watch the panel discussion on unlocking investment for social housing

Full video In case you missed the launch event for the Sustainability Reporting Standard for Social Housing hosted by Centrus

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ESG reporting standard launched to unlock new wave of investment for social housing NEWS ESG reporting standard launched to unlock new wave of investment for social housing

ESG reporting standard launched with 70 banks, investors and housing providers committed to boost transparency and consistency

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Want to become an ESG pioneer? NEWS 22/07/20 Want to become an ESG pioneer?

Investors and housing associations are invited to express interest in becoming "early adopters" of a sector-wide ESG reporting standard, which was published in a draft white paper in May

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ESG in social housing could put good homes at heart of Covid recovery opinion 06/05/20 ESG in social housing could put good homes at heart of Covid recovery

Sarah Forster on why ESG reporting in social housing could open up the sources of capital required to rebuild in the new normal

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ESG reporting in the social housing sector set for change News 29/11/19 ESG reporting in the social housing sector set for change

Sarah Forster on a TGE collaboration to develop a standard approach to ESG and impact performance reporting for investors

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Case Studies
Funding Affordable Homes Case Study Funding Affordable Homes

Our role as social advisor to FAH is helping it to measure, manage and report on the social impact of its investments in affordable housing

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Client Reports
Client Report Rentplus Impact Report 2022
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Client Report Placefirst Impact Report 2023
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Client Report Legal & General Affordable Homes Impact Report 2022
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Client Report Funding Affordable Homes Impact Report 2023
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Client Report Triple Point Social Housing REIT Plc: Half Year Impact Report 2023

Half Year Impact Report reviewing the impact performance of Triple Point Social Housing REIT (SOHO), which was launched in 2017 to invest in Specialised Supported Housing for vulnerable adults with a care need

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Client Report Triple Point Social Housing REIT: Impact Report 2022

Annual Impact Report reviewing the impact performance of Triple Point Social Housing REIT (SOHO), which was launched in 2017 to invest in Specialised Supported Housing for vulnerable adults with a care need

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Client Report Cheyne Impact Real Estate Trust: Impact Report 2022

Annual Impact Report reviewing the performance of Cheyne Impact Real Estate Trust. CIRET was launched in 2020 with the goal of increasing the provision of high-quality affordable and specialist housing and improving the quality of lives of people with a range of housing needs.

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Client Report Civitas Social Housing PLC: Half Year Impact Report 2022

Half Year Impact Report published by The Good Economy for Civitas Social Housing PLC, a fund launched in November 2016 as the first Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) specialised in investing in social housing

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Client Report Residential Secure Income Plc: Impact Report 2022

The third Annual Impact Report for Residential Secure Income Plc, a REIT managed by Gresham House, which was launched in 2017 to invest in various forms of UK affordable housing

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Client Report Unlocking the potential of impact investing in Scotland

In partnership with the Scottish National Investment Bank we explore what impact investing means for Scotland.

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Client Report Funding Affordable Homes: Impact Report 2022

Annually published impact report for Funding Affordable Homes, a social impact investment company set up in 2015 to invest in government regulated affordable housing

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Client Report Triple Point Social Housing REIT: Half Year Impact Report 2022

Half Year Impact Report reviewing the impact performance of Triple Point Social Housing REIT (SOHO), which was launched in 2017 to invest in Specialised Supported Housing for vulnerable adults with a care need

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Client Report Legal & General Affordable Homes: Sustainability and Impact Report 2021

The first Sustainability and Impact Report produced by The Good Economy for Legal & General Affordable Homes, which was launched in 2018 to invest in the UK affordable housing sector

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Client Report Civitas Social Housing PLC: Annual Impact Report 2022

Annual Impact Report published by The Good Economy for Civitas Social Housing PLC, a fund launched in November 2016 as the first Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) specialised in investing in social housing

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Client Report Cheyne Impact Real Estate Trust: Impact Report 2021

Annual Impact Report reviewing the performance of Cheyne Impact Real Estate Trust, a fund launched by Cheyne Capital in 2020 to invest in a range of affordable general needs and specialist housing

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Client Report Triple Point Social Housing REIT: Annual Impact Report 2021

Annual Impact Report reviewing the impact performance of Triple Point Social Housing REIT (SOHO), which was launched in 2017 to invest in Specialised Supported Housing for vulnerable adults with a care need

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Client Report Residential Secure Income Plc: Impact Report 2021

The second Annual Impact Report for Residential Secure Income Plc, a REIT managed by Gresham House, which was launched in 2017 to invest in various forms of UK affordable housing

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Client Report Civitas Social Housing PLC: Half Year Impact Report 2021

"Half Year Impact Report" published by The Good Economy (TGE) on a fund launched in November 2016 as the first Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) specialised in investing in social housing

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Client Report Funding Affordable Homes: Impact Report 2021

Annually published impact report for Funding Affordable Homes, a social impact investment company set up in 2015 to invest in government regulated affordable housing

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Client Report Triple Point Social Housing REIT: Half Year Impact Report 2021

Half Year Impact Report reviewing the impact performance of Triple Point Social Housing REIT (SOHO), which was launched in 2017 to invest in Specialised Supported Housing for vulnerable adults with a care need

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Client Report Civitas Social Housing PLC: Annual Impact Report 2021

The fourth annual Impact Report produced for Civitas Social Housing PLC, which was launched in 2016 as the first Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) specialised in investing in social housing, with a focus on Specialised Supported Housing

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Client Report AFFORDABLE HOUSING EQUITY INVESTMENT MODELS: OPTIMISING RISK, RETURN AND IMPACT

A report with Big Society Capital exploring affordable housing equity investment models from a risk, return and impact perspective – to accompany our report "Towards an approach to impact reporting in social and affordable housing"

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PBII Executive Summary Scaling up institutional investment for place-based impact: Executive Summary

The Executive Summary from our full white paper developed by The Good Economy for the Place-Based Impact Investing Project, a partnership of The Good Economy, the Impact Investing Institute and Pensions for Purpose

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Client Report Triple Point Social Housing REIT: Impact Report 2020

Impact report reviewing the social performance of the Triple Point Social Housing REIT (SOHO), as carried out by TGE on a bi-annual basis and following work to support its impact assessment methodology

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client report Funding Affordable Homes: Impact Report 2020

Annually published impact report for Funding Affordable Homes, a social impact investment company set up in 2015 to invest in government regulated affordable housing

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Client Report Civitas Social Housing PLC: Half Year Impact Report 2020

"Half Year Impact Report" published by The Good Economy (TGE) on a fund launched in November 2016 as the first Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) specialised in investing in social housing

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Client Report Residential Secure Income: Impact Report 2020

The first Impact Report published by The Good Economy for Residential Secure Income, part of Gresham House, covering the period up to 30th September 2020

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Client Report The Sustainability Reporting Standard for Social Housing: the final report of the ESG Social Housing Working Group

Published by The Good Economy for the ESG Social Housing Working Group to address the lack of transparency, consistency and comparability in reporting ESG performance

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Client Report Civitas Social Housing PLC: Impact Report 2020

The third annual Impact Report for Civitas Social Housing PLC, which was launched in 2016 as the first Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) specialised in investing in social housing, with a focus on specialist supported living

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White Paper UK Social Housing: building a sector standard approach for ESG reporting

A consultation paper setting out recommendations to enhance ESG reporting by housing associations to boost flows of investment

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Client Report Funding Affordable Homes: Social Impact Report 2019

Annually published impact report for Funding Affordable Homes, a social impact investment company set up in 2015 to invest in government regulated affordable housing

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Client Report Funding Affordable Homes: Social Impact Report 2018

Annually published impact report for Funding Affordable Homes, a social impact investment company set up in 2015 to invest in government regulated affordable housing

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