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    National Housing Bank

    National Housing Bank: finances and promotes housing finance institutions.

    Facts last verified 29 September 2026 Updated
    On this page
    1. At a glance
    2. What it does
    3. Ownership and regulation
    4. Connections

    At a glance

    Owned by the Government of India
    Short name
    NHB
    Legal form
    Statutory body wholly owned by the Government of India; RBI's stake was sold in 2019
    Headquarters
    New Delhi
    Established
    1988
    Employees
    No official figure found in the sources checked
    Official site
    nhb.org.in
    Roles
    • Finances and promotes housing finance institutions
    • Supervises housing finance companies (regulation moved to RBI in 2019)

    What it does

    The National Housing Bank finances and promotes housing finance institutions. NHB was set up on 9 July 1988 under the National Housing Bank Act, 1987; its head office is in New Delhi.1National Housing Bank. About Us: Genesis. As of 29 September 2026.

    Ownership and regulation

    RBI sold its remaining stakes in NABARD (26 February 2019) and NHB (19 March 2019); the Government of India now owns 100% of both.2Reserve Bank of India. Reserve Bank of India divests its share in NABARD and NHB (Press Release 2018-2019/2528). As of 24 April 2019. Its role changed in the same year: Regulation of housing finance companies moved from NHB to RBI with effect from 9 August 2019.1National Housing Bank. About Us: Genesis. As of 29 September 2026.

    Connections

    • RBI: RBI sold its entire NHB stake to the Government of India on 19 March 2019.2
    • RBI: Regulation of housing finance companies moved from NHB to RBI from 9 August 2019; NHB still supervises them.1

    Sources

    1. About Us: Genesis. National Housing Bank. Primary source, accessed 29 September 2026. Supports: NHB was set up on 9 July 1988 under the National Housing Bank Act, 1987; its head office is in New Delhi (as of 29 September 2026); Regulation of housing finance companies moved from NHB to RBI with effect from 9 August 2019 (as of 29 September 2026).
    2. Reserve Bank of India divests its share in NABARD and NHB (Press Release 2018-2019/2528). Reserve Bank of India. Primary source, accessed 29 September 2026. Supports: RBI sold its remaining stakes in NABARD (26 February 2019) and NHB (19 March 2019); the Government of India now owns 100% of both (as of 24 April 2019).