Housing affordability: Social impact funds to solve the UK puzzle?
Can social impact funds address the UK’s housing crisis and serve pension funds at the same time? Richard Lowe reports
Housing affordability: Are rental caps a bad idea?
Governments across Europe are responding to soaring residential rental prices with regulation. But this has implications for institutional investors, writes Maha Khan Phillips
Housing affordability: The spread of US rental controls
Rent control is gaining momentum in the US, with a number of local governments looking to step in to help make living more affordable. Stephanie Schwartz-Driver reports
Housing affordability: Expensive island
Hong Kong has the world’s most unaffordable housing market and the government is under increasing pressure to do something about it, writes Florence Chong
Housing affordability: Is Australia missing a trick?
The local superannuation fund industry could start funding badly needed affordable housing in Australia. But barriers remain, writes Florence Chong
Housing affordability: First State mover
Australia’s superannuation fund has spotted an opportunity in the affordable housing market. Florence Chong reports
Housing affordability: Japan’s residential surfeit
Rather than having a residential shortage, Japan has more houses than households. Florence Chong reports on a multifamily market boom in 2019

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Catella makes first acquisition for €300m affordable housing mandate
Mulbury secures project funding from Cheyne UK impact property fund
Catella acquires two residential buildings in Amsterdam from Heitman
CBRE GI acquires 10,005sqm PRS development in Stockholm
QuadReal invests C$1bn in Realstar’s UK rental housing portfolio
Avanath raises $760m for fourth US affordable housing fund
Core US property fund for European pension funds has $500m to invest
Goldman Sachs buys UK single-family housing portfolio for £150m