Advisory Services

As a consequence of our work in originating, investing and developing affordable housing settlements, the team are regularly invited to act as advisors and consultants by a wide range of both public and private sector actors including:Urbuntu is a small team, with extensive knowledge and experience drawn from actual housing investment and implementation across 26 developing and emerging economies in Africa and Asia. The complex environments from which this experience is derived has meant that we work in integrative manner across the entire housing chain, including:As a consequence of our work in originating, investing and developing affordable housing settlements, the team are regularly invited to act as advisors and consultants by a wide range of both public and private sector actors including:

Market Analysis

  • End-User Marketing Strategies
  • End-User Demand Analysis
  • Supply and Demand Financing Analysis

Development & Investment Feasibility

  • intergrative Housing Product and Loan Design
  • Intergrative Physical Feasibility (Urban Planning & Urban Design, Architecture & Infrastructure)
  • Integrative Design and Investment Modelling (Marketing, Typological Design, Production, Fiancing & Structuring)

Structuring of Development and Investment Vehicles

  • Design of Vehicles for Investment, Development, Delivery, Post-Construction Management & Asset Management
  • Structuring of Vehicles for Financing and Development

Local Economic Development

  • Housing and Infrastructure Value Chain Analysis & Strategies
  • Local Economic Development Strategies

Raising Equity & Debt

  • Project Financing Strategies (including blended finance)
  • Investment offer process management
  • Raising project finance in both equity & debt

Affordable Housing Delivery Programme Design and Management

  • Public-Private Investment and Delivery Options Appraisal
  • Partnership for Private Sector Affordable Housing Provision (including PPPs)
  • Transaction Management
  • Programme Management

Institutional Development

  • Institutional Intermediation Options
  • Affordable Housing Policy Work For Public Sector Authorities
  • Stakeholder Assessment
  • Housing and Infrastructure Enterprise Development
  • Development of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
  • Capacity Building
  • Stakeholder Management and Multi-Institutional Arrangements
  • Governance Development

To learn more about us and our advisory services, please email us at info@urbuntu.com