Affordable Housing Investment
Delivering genuinely affordable and sustainable homes.
Why invest in affordable housing?
There’s a shortage of high-quality, affordable housing across the UK, leaving families struggling to find secure and suitable accommodation.
The UK needs viable funding solutions that are sustainable for the long term to develop affordable, energy-efficient homes for those who need them most.
And there’s also mounting pressure to reach net zero by 2050.
How we’re building affordable, sustainable homes
Jack Burnham, Head of Affordable Housing, has had experience working in the social housing sector for almost 20 years, and discusses the importance of sustainability in the sector and how investing in high quality, affordable homes has a positive long-term social impact.
Our approach to affordable housing investment
To accelerate the delivery of affordable homes, the sector needs long-term patient capital. And that capital must be responsibly managed. We own a Registered Provider of Social Housing, enabling us to own and operate affordable housing across the country in accordance with social housing regulations.
We partner with experienced housing providers and focus on quality and service when we work with all stakeholders. This is so we can target outsized impact for communities, as well as resilient, index-linked income for investors.
Positive social impact
We believe relentless focus on quality and service leads to positive outcomes for all stakeholders.
Committed capital
Owning and operating our own Registered Provider means we can ensure the sector is provided directly with patient capital.
Sustainable
Energy efficient homes with net zero targets in mind and reduced bills for residents.
Our customers, partners, and investors want sustainability. And we plan to provide that by investing in affordable homes that’ll remain of good quality long-term and have a huge social impact through their occupation.
Jack Burnham, Head of Affordable Housing at Octopus
Types of affordable housing we invest in
- Elderly Affordable Housing
- Supported Housing
- Extra Care Housing
- Affordable Rent
- Shared Ownership
- Social Rent
- Intermediate Rent
- Rent to Buy
Read our report ‘Closing the Gap’, a report on Affordable Housing in the UK
Meet the team
Jack Burnham
Peter Merchant
Elizabeth Austerberry
Latest affordable housing insights
Addressing the affordable housing shortage
Octopus announces £150m Local Government Pensions Scheme investment into affordable housing
How private capital can address the affordable housing shortage
Octopus and Golding complete transfer of 180 affordable homes outside Mid Kent
Affordable housing: an opportunity for investors to address regional inequality
Opportunity and impact: how LGPS funds can unlock the value in affordable housing
Octopus announces further investment and first acquisition by Affordable Housing Strategy
Octopus announces £50m first close of Affordable Housing Institutional Strategy
Closing the gap: Unlocking investment to address the UK’s affordable housing challenge
In the news
January 2025
Investment giant Octopus aims to double the size of its affordable housing fund this year
Jack Burnham, Head of Affordable Housing at Octopus Capital, speaks with Inside Housing about the growth of the affordable housing sector and his optimism for the next twelve months.
Coverage in Inside Housing
August 2024
Financing for the future: Innovative solutions for net zero affordable housing
The UK housing sector faces two urgent tasks: addressing the critical need for affordable housing and significantly reducing its environmental impact.
Coverage in Unlock Net Zero
May 2024
Kent-based provider completes 180-home stock transfer with Octopus registered provider
Golding Homes has finalised the transfer of 180 affordable homes to NewArch Homes, a registered provider of social housing managed by Octopus.
Coverage in Inside Housing
April 2024
Investing in affordable housing: an opportunity to level up the UK
Jack Burnham, Head of Affordable Housing at Octopus Capital, writes that housing is referenced over 150 times in the UK Government’s levelling-up whitepaper, standing tall as a critical piece of the puzzle in tackling regional inequality.
Coverage in Institutional Asset Manager
February 2024
Octopus draws in Big Society Capital investment for UK affordable housing
Octopus Capital, a UK-based investment manager, has raised a further £10m for its Affordable Housing Strategy from social impact investor Big Society Capital (BSC), which follows an initial £50m capital raise back in December.
Coverage in Impact Investor
January 2024
Multiple Keys Needed to Unlock Social Impact
Octopus Capital’s Jack Burnham, Head of Affordable Housing, and Mike Toft, Head of Care Homes, shed light on the UK’s significant funding gap in social infrastructure, and the role institutional investors like pension funds can play in bridging the gap.
Coverage in ESG Investor
December 2023
Octopus holds first close for UK affordable homes strategy
Octopus Capital, part of Octopus Group, has held a £50m first close of its affordable housing strategy, set up to accelerate the UK’s much needed delivery of good quality and affordable homes.
Coverage in Property EU
October 2023
Affordable Homes, Family Businesses and Investment
Jack Burnham, Head of Affordable Housing at Octopus Real Estate, is joined by Helen Keenan, Chief Executive of Grosvenor Hart Homes, in a recent podcast to discuss some of the challenges and possible solutions in the affordable housing market.
Podcast on Family Capital
September 2023
New funding solution needed for UK affordable housing
The UK affordable housing sector offers an opportunity for investors to close a funding gap, a new report by Octopus Real Estate says.
Coverage in Sustain
January 2023
Octopus Capital launches UK Affordable Housing strategy for institutional investors
Octopus Capital has announced it has launched an Affordable Housing strategy for institutional investors, to accelerate the delivery of genuinely affordable homes in the UK.
Coverage in Institutional Asset Manager
January2023
Real estate investor outlines £300m affordable housing strategy
Real estate giant Octopus Real Estate has launched an affordable housing strategy for institutional investors with a target of £300m in commitments throughout the year.
Coverage in Inside Housing
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