MUFG Bank (MUFG) and Macquarie Infrastructure Debt Investment Solutions (MIDIS) have provided a long-term debt facility of £150 million in the form of a three year revolving credit facility (RCF) of £30 million, a 40 year senior secured private placement of £50 million that refinances the RCF, and a shelf facility of £100 million for Shepherds Bush Housing Association (SBHA).
SBHA owns or manages over 5,000 homes that are largely social and affordable, primarily located in the popular area of the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. The funding will allow SBHA to boost their affordable and shared ownership housing provision. The chronic shortage of affordable homes in West London, coupled with high property prices continues to drive the need for social housing. MUFG and MIDIS are proud to be supporting SBHA's ambition to improve the situation in West London, with SBHA targeting the development of around 200 homes per year over the next four years.
Sanjay Narbheram, Director of Housing Finance at MUFG, said:"We are delighted to have supported SBHA, particularly as it represents their first combined bank and institutional debt transaction. The strength of SBHA's credit allowed us to run a competitive process to source institutional funding, which resulted in us successfully working with MIDIS. We see growing interest within the sector from a debt capital markets perspective, and this deal is a wonderful example of MUFG's desire to work more closely alongside institutional investors. The sector continues to grow in importance for MUFG as we start to widen our client base, from both a geographical and unit number perspective."
Mohit Jain, Director of Finance and Development at Shepherds Bush Housing Association, said:
“We are aiming to significantly expand our development pipeline over the next few years and are very pleased with the financing achieved with MIDIS, who has taken a long-term outlook on our business, and shown flexibility and willingness to listen to our funding needs. We look forward to building a long-term partnership. This combined with the shorter term RCF with MUFG provides a good match for our funding needs"