IFC offers $400m loan to India's HDFC for green, cheaper housing

Proposed funding follows earlier $250m finance

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An HDFC Bank branch office in Mumbai, India.  © Reuters

MARS W. MOSQUEDA JR., DealStreetAsia

CEBU, Philippines -- World Bank Group member International Financial Corporation (IFC) has proposed a $400 million senior debt investment to Housing Development Finance Corporation (HDFC), India's largest housing finance company.

In a disclosure, IFC said the loan proceeds will promote affordable housing finance for low- and middle-income borrowers, with a mutually agreed portion of IFC funding to be earmarked for affordable green housing.

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