Profile

WSW provides guarantees to lenders granting loans to housing associations for social housing projects and other properties with a social or public function. These guarantees enable housing associations to borrow on favorable terms. WSW has a solid security structure, and the guarantees it provides are very highly regarded. The world’s leading rating agencies, Standard & Poor’s and Moody’s Investors Service, have awarded WSW their highest possible ratings of AAA and Aaa, respectively. At the end of 2010 WSW had guaranteed loans totaling around €85.3 billion. The Dutch housing associations expect to invest a total of around €40.4 billion between 2011 and 2016 most of which will be funded externally.

Mission
WSW is the independent organization that optimizes registered housing associations’ funding of properties in the Dutch public sector and thus contributes to the quality of life in society.