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 2011 WSW had guaranteed loans totaling around €86.3 billion. 

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.