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Housing Australia provides loans and grants for critical infrastructure to unlock and accelerate new housing supply. The NHIF (CI) funds essential housing project infrastructure such as utilities and roads. Without this funding, the projects may not go ahead or may start much later or deliver less homes. 

The NHIF CI can provide finance to help support critical housing-enabling infrastructure. This includes new or upgraded infrastructure for:

• Electricity and Gas
• Water, sewerage and stormwater
• Transportation including roads
• Telecommunications

NHIF CI finance can also be used for: 

• Demolition and site remediation including the removal of hazardous waste or contamination

• Onsite and linking infrastructure 

The terms of NHIF CI finance are flexible with a range of concessions available to suit the applicant’s project  requirements. These may include, for example, concessional interest rates, and/or longer loan tenure or extended period of capitalised interest and potentially combined with a grant component for projects that meet the eligibility criteria. 

Eligibility criteria

Any of the following applicants may apply for finance through the NHIF CI:

• Registered community housing providers
• State or territory governments or government-owned development corporations or utility providers
• Local governments or their investment corporations or utility providers
• Incorporated special purpose vehicles that have at least one eligible foundation member (as above).