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The National Housing Finance and Investment Corporation (NHFIC) released its Annual Report for 2021-22.

You can view all NHFIC's reports and publications here.

Today the National Housing Finance and Investment Corporation (NHFIC) released data insights on the influences driving the recent construction cost inflation.

From Saturday 1 October 2022, 10,000 new places will be available under the Australian Government’s Home Guarantee Scheme (HGS), helping thousands more Australians living in regional areas to enter the housing market sooner.

NHFIC notes an outcome from the Jobs and Skills Summit is the Government’s commitment to widening the remit of the National Housing Infrastructure Facility (NHIF) by unlocking up to $575 million to invest in social and affordable housing. NHFIC welcomes the Government’s additional support for NHFIC to deliver social and affordable housing.

Today the National Housing Finance and Investment Corporation (NHFIC) released a first homebuyer data insights collaboration with the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) and the National Australia Bank (NAB).

The National Housing Finance and Investment Corporation (NHFIC) today commenced a request for proposal (RFP) process providing the opportunity for 1-2 more major banks (ANZ, Westpac) to join its major bank lender panel for the Home Guarantee Scheme (Scheme or HGS).

From 1 July, 40,000 new places under the Federal Government’s Home Guarantee Scheme (HGS) will become available to help Australians to buy their own home. 

From 1 July 2022, five more lenders will offer the Australian Government's Home Guarantee Scheme (currently known as the First Home Loan Deposit Scheme) that helps more eligible Australians buy a home. The lenders are Credit Union SA, Illawarra Credit Union, IMB Ltd (trading as IMB Bank), Newcastle Permanent Building Society and Unity Bank Limited.

The Community Housing Industry Association and a consortium of private and public sector partners have commenced the development of an industry specific environmental, social and governance (ESG) reporting standard, putting Australia at the forefront of ESG reporting for the sector globally.