IFC and TUHF partner to scale affordable, green housing in South Africa.
Johannesburg’s inner-city is a truly African city and a place of inclusion, economic growth and opportunity. So said Paul Jackson, CEO of TUHF, at the official opening of Fedsure House – the newest property refurbishment project undertaken by Samuel Beyin, the CEO of Focus1 student accommodation and a long-standing TUHF client. Located at 13 Plein Street in Johannesburg’s CBD, Fedsure House is a state-of-the-art student accommodation facility.
In recent times the Western Cape has witnessed a renewed focus on and revived political enthusiasm for affordable accommodation development, sparking a wave of positive movement in the affordable rental housing market, particularly in inner-city, in-city and burgeoning urban nodes.
TUHF Group’s founding CEO, Paul Jackson, has reached retirement age and will be stepping down from his position as TUHF’s CEO at the end of December 2025.
At 32 Becker Street in Yeoville, there is a double story residential apartment building that is hard to miss, given its current green façade.
Eastern Cape’s major metros are seeing an influx of people from surrounding rural areas, driven by access to tertiary education at the province’s major universities and the search for meaningful employment opportunities. Though the urbanisation trend is not unique to the Eastern Cape, the province’s metros are particularly understocked to meet the high demand for affordable housing, according to Letlatsa Lekhelebana, Senior Portfolio Manager and Funeka Ndalasi, Portfolio Manager at TUHF in the Eastern Cape.

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