City West Housing – Social and affordable housing – Greenfield development advisory

Project facts

Client

City West Housing (CWH)

Location

Sydney, NSW, Australia

Date

2025 - Ongoing

Our role

• Financial Advisory
• Commercial Advisory
• Capital Raising and Refinancing
• Strategic Advisory
• Bid Leadership and Advisory

Type

Advisory

Sector

Housing

FERN provided comprehensive strategic, financial, and commercial advisory services to City West Housing (CWH), a Tier 1 community housing provider in Sydney. This work included advice on: ​

• Risks and benefits of introducing third party capital to help fund the delivery of social and affordable housing​

• Raising debt finance in construction and operations for social and affordable developments​

• Capital structures and financial modelling​

• Commercial and legal considerations​

• Housing Australia Future Fund (HAFF) bid structuring, development and support​

FERN’s support has extended across several of CWH’s developments, including:

• Acacia

• Banksia

• Melaleuca

Daniel Khong

Edward Hart

Nishani Fischer

Michael Gatto

Enrique Sinha