Policy paper

Scaling community lenders: the role of social investment

This report examines how social investment could be used to help community lenders offer affordable finance to people on low incomes.

• From: Cabinet Office
• Published: 8 January 2015

This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

Documents

Scaling community lenders: the role of social investment

PDF, 237 KB, 17 pages

Details

The community lending sector is diverse. It includes credit unions, personal lending Community Development Finance Institutions (CDFIs) and other lenders, including housing associations. This report examines the potential role of social investment in this sector, by exploring 3 ideas:

• community lenders have limited access to the capital they require to grow
• community lenders have an immediate need for investment
• social investment can play a role in meeting some of this demand

Published 8 January 2015