Housing financing for the lower middle class

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Housing financing for the lower middle class
SectorMost major industry classification systems use sources of revenue as their basis for classifying companies into specific sectors, subsectors and industries. In order to group like companies based on their sustainability-related risks and opportunities, SASB created the Sustainable Industry Classification System® (SICS®) and the classification of sectors, subsectors and industries in the SDG Investor Platform is based on SICS.
Financials
Corporate and Retail Banking
Business Model Description

Invest in affordable financing options for low- and middle-income individuals, incorporating private investment, mixed financing (including private sector investments, patient capital, and potential subsidies or government financing), and tenant ownership schemes to facilitate home acquisition and renovations.

Expected Impact

Enhance housing financing options to elevate the quality of life.

Indicative ReturnDescribes the rate of growth an investment is expected to generate within the IOA. The indicative return is identified for the IOA by establishing its Internal Rate of Return (IRR), Return of Investment (ROI) or Gross Profit Margin (GPM).
5% - 10% (in IRR)
Investment TimeframeDescribes the time period in which the IOA will pay-back the invested resources. The estimate is based on asset expected lifetime as the IOA will start generating accumulated positive cash-flows.
Long Term (10+ years)
Market SizeDescribes the value of potential addressable market of the IOA. The market size is identified for the IOA by establishing the value in USD, identifying the Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) or providing a numeric unit critical to the IOA.
USD 50 million - USD 100 million
Direct ImpactDescribes the primary SDG(s) the IOA addresses.
No Poverty (SDG 1) Reduced Inequalities (SDG 10) Sustainable Cities and Communities (SDG 11)
Indirect ImpactDescribes the secondary SDG(s) the IOA addresses.
Clean water and sanitation (SDG 6) Decent Work and Economic Growth (SDG 8) Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure (SDG 9)
Sector Sources
  • (I) CAF - Banco de desarrollo de Latinoamérica. 2021. Capacidades, inclusión y vulnerabilidad financieras en Paraguay. https://scioteca.caf.com/bitstream/handle/123456789/1871/Capacidades_inclusi%C3%B3n%20y%20vulnerabilidad%20financieras%20en%20Paraguay.pdf?sequence=4&isAllowed=y (II) Gobierno del Paraguay. 2014. Estrategia Nacional de Inclusión Financiera. https://enif.paraguay.gov.py/storage/app/uploads/public/59e/10f/126/59e10f12678f7631648286.pdf (III) Datos Macro. 2020. La brecha de género se estrecha en Paraguay. https://datosmacro.expansion.com/demografia/indice-brecha-genero-global/paraguay?anio=2020 (IV) Market Data. 2021. Viviendas: Avances y desafíos, en busca de reducir el déficit habitacional. https://marketdata.com.py/laboratorio/analisis/economia/viviendas-avances-y-desafios-en-busca-de-reducir-el-deficit-habitacional-61644/ (V) Secretaría Nacional de la Vivienda y el Hábitat. 2018. Política Nacional de la Vivienda y el Hábitat del Paraguay. https://www.muvh.gov.py/sitio/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/PNVH-Digital.pdf (VI) IDB. 2023. How gender inequality affects access to housing credit? https://blogs.iadb.org/ciudades-sostenibles/en/how-gender-inequality-affects-access-to-housing-credit/ (VII) IDB. 2019. Desarrollo del mercado hipotecario en Paraguay. https://publications.iadb.org/es/desarrollo-del-mercado-hipotecario-en-paraguay-el-caso-de-la-agencia-financiera-de-desarrollo
IOA Sources
  • (1) Dirección General de Estadística, Encuestas y Censos. 2019. Hogares por año, según departamento y situación legal de la vivienda. https://www.ine.gov.py/publicacion/10/vivienda-y-hogar (2) Vicente Fruet Cardozo & Guzmán A. Muñoz Fernández. 2015. Paraguay: una propuesta de financiamiento de viviendas para los segmentos de ingresos medios-bajos. https://repositorio.cepal.org/server/api/core/bitstreams/42caf0cc-aa22-4efb-b036-3bf7e2a4bac2/content (3) Gobierno del Paraguay. 2014. Plan Nacional de Desarrollo Paraguay 2030. https://www.stp.gov.py/pnd/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/pnd2030.pdf (4) La nación. 2020. Día del Hábitat: en Paraguay más de 1.100.000 familias no tienen acceso a vivienda digna. https://www.lanacion.com.py/pais/2020/10/05/dia-del-habitat-en-paraguay-mas-de-1100000-familias-no-tienen-acceso-a-vivienda-digna/ (5) IDB. 2019. Desarrollo del mercado hipotecario en Paraguay. https://publications.iadb.org/es/desarrollo-del-mercado-hipotecario-en-paraguay-el-caso-de-la-agencia-financiera-de-desarrollo (6) Jessica Schicks and Richard Rosenberg. 2011. Too Much Microcredit? A Survey of the Evidence on Over-Indebtedness. https://documents1.worldbank.org/curated/zh/553421468148522571/pdf/649800NWP00PUBLIC00Box361550B0OP19.pdf (7) Ricardo Bebczuk & Edgardo Demaestri. 2014. Comparing Downpayment and Interest Rate Mortgage Subsidies: An Analytical Approach. https://www.cedlas.econo.unlp.edu.ar/wp/wp-content/uploads/doc_cedlas162.pdf (8) Secretaría Nacional de la Vivienda y el Hábitat. 2018. Política Nacional de la Vivienda y el Hábitat del Paraguay. https://www.muvh.gov.py/sitio/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/PNVH-Digital.pdf (9) Ministerio de Urbanismo, Vivienda y Hábitat. 2023. Viviendas Económicas. https://www.muvh.gov.py/viviendaseconomicas (10) Congreso de la nación paraguaya. 1996. Ley No. 861. https://www.bacn.gov.py/archivos/4135/20151013094259.pdf (11) Congreso de la nación paraguaya. 2015. Ley No. 1378. https://www.bacn.gov.py/leyes-paraguayas/3503/amplia-y-modifica-la-ley-n-32571-que-crea-el-banco-nacional-de-ahorro-y-prestamo-para-la-vivienda-y-el-sistema-nacional-de-ahorro-y-prestamo (12) International Finance Corporation. 2011. International Finance Institutions and development through private sector. https://www.deginvest.de/DEG-Englische-Dokumente/PDFs-Download-Center/IFI_and_Development_Trough_the_Private_Sector.pdf (13) Agencia Financiera de Desarrollo. S.F. Acerca de la AFD. https://www.afd.gov.py/que-es-la-afd (14) Congreso de la Nación Paraguaya. 1991. LEY Nº: 60/90. https://www.mic.gov.py/mic/w/industria/ddi/pdf/Ley60-90.pdf