Access to safe, affordable, and socially sustainable housing remains one of the most pressing challenges in emerging and developing markets. Rapid urbanization, growing housing deficits, and climate risks are placing increasing pressure on governments, developers, and financial institutions to deliver housing that is not only affordable, but resilient, inclusive, and well-integrated into cities.
Pillar is an IFC housing advisory platform designed to help housing developers strengthen their business performance while improving the social sustainability and quality of housing developments. Through a suite of assessment tools and tailored coaching, Pillar provides developers, financial institutions, and governments with the insights they need to improve performance, reduce risk, and expand access to sustainable housing.
At its core, Pillar provides structured, evidence-based assessments of a housing developer’s operational maturity and project quality.
The Pillar Business Assessment supports developers to validate their strengths, identify capacity gaps, and receive practical, tailored recommendations to support continuous operational improvement.
The Pillar Social Sustainability Assessment examines the overall quality of a specific master planned housing project through a social sustainability lens, across the different phases of development. It examines a number of dimensions that offer residents an affordable, good quality standard of living with safe access to services and amenities, while offering practical recommendations to enhance a project’s social sustainability credentials.
Together the Pillar tools help developers align business practices and project design to IFC and good practice standards, This includes targeted coaching to strengthen operational and technical performance.
