CARE Ratings has reaffirmed Housing and Urban Development Corporation Limited’s (HUDCO) ‘AAA’ rating with a Stable outlook. This rating applies to various debt instruments, including bonds and long-term bank facilities, totaling ₹80,000 crore. The rating reflects HUDCO’s strategic importance to the Government of India and its healthy financial metrics, including a capital adequacy ratio of 38.03% and improving asset quality.
Credit Ratings Reaffirmed
CARE Ratings has reaffirmed the ‘AAA’ credit rating for Housing and Urban Development Corporation Limited (HUDCO), indicating the highest degree of safety regarding timely servicing of financial obligations. The outlook is Stable.
Key Highlights
The ‘AAA’ rating applies to HUDCO’s long-term and short-term bank facilities aggregating ₹80,000 crore. Key factors supporting this rating are:
- Strategic importance to the Government of India for implementing social housing and urban infrastructure projects.
- Strong parentage, with the Government of India holding a 75% stake.
- Comfortable capital adequacy ratio (CAR) of 38.03% as of September 30, 2025.
- Improving asset quality metrics, with net non-performing assets (NNPA) at 0.07% as of September 30, 2025.
Specific Ratings Reaffirmed
The following ratings have been reaffirmed by CARE Ratings:
- Long-term / Short-term bank facilities: CARE AAA; Stable / CARE A1+ for ₹80,000 crore.
- Bonds: CARE AAA; Stable for multiple issues, aggregating over ₹100,000 crore.
Long Term Instruments
CARE has assigned CARE AAA; Stable ratings to long term instruments – perpetual debt bonds worth ₹4,000 crore.
Further the ratings on bonds aggregating ₹10,000 crore has been withdrawn.
Source: BSE