Application period for the European Microfinance Award 2017 on Microfinance for Housing now open

Wednesday, April 12, 2017

The European Microfinance Award is a prestigious €100,000 award which attracts applications from financial institutions around the world that are innovating in a particular area of financial inclusion. Presented annually, it serves two parallel goals: rewarding excellence, and collecting and disseminating the most relevant practices for replication by others.

The 2017 Award “Microfinance for Housing” is intended to highlight the role of microfinance in supporting access to better quality residential housing for low income, vulnerable and excluded groups, with no or limited access to housing finance in the mainstream sector. It aims to recognize institutions that respond to complex housing needs of their target clients by providing them with a variety of financial and non-financial services. This response significantly contributes to improving housing conditions, including:

Source: e-MFP (link opens in a new window)

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Finance
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financial inclusion, housing, microfinance