Real estate financing
Accelerating impact real estate.
Find a range of financing options for your mission-driven organization.
What we finance.
We support not-for-profit organizations, social enterprises (not-for-profit), co-operatives and social ventures (for-profit) interested in real estate financing or refinancing.
New builds that deliver affordable housing or shared office/community spaces
Mission-driven partnerships to buy or redevelop land or buildings
Upgrades, repair or special maintenance of strata title, co-operative, or rental housing
On-reserve housing
Pre-development loans for mission-driven organizations
Energy improvements for buildings owned by mission-driven organizations
How we can help.
Our experienced business experts can help you find the right mix of tools to bring your projects to life. Including:
- Lending solutions for building purchases and upgrades
- Tax efficient structures for charitable gifts of land, buildings or investments, including endowments
- Pooled savings accounts to maximize interest income and investment solutions for long-term growth
- Advice on greening your operations and facilities plus flexible lending to match energy savings payments
- Day-to-day account management to meet your needs and increase operational efficiencies
- Advice and support on shared spaces and co-location, including help finding partners
- Patient lending (pre-development), where you have site control and the project has significant community impact
Ready to learn more?
Connect with our pros in the business team.
Vancity Affordable Community Housing Program loans and early-stage grants.
We’ve joined forces with the Vancity Community Foundation to deliver a program that helps advance the development of climate ready community owned affordable rental housing. From early-stage funding such as feasibility studies, business planning, pre-construction, through to construction and beyond including capacity building activities.