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POLICY
Sound public policy matters for low income neighborhoods. As such, LIIF partners with leading advocacy and community development organizations in an effort to strengthen public institutions and policies that increase the availability of housing, child care, education and other services benefiting low income communities.
Social safety net programs such as affordable housing assistance and quality child care centers, are critical to advancing economic self-sufficiency and neighborhood revitalization in low income communities. LIIF currently focuses its primary national policy efforts in two areas: a) strengthening the community capital industry through leverage strategies that advance both LIIF and the industry as a whole; and b) protecting the industry’s mainstay funding sources such as the Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) Fund and Low Income Housing Tax Credits.
HOUSING POLICY
LIIF is a member of the Affordable Housing Collaborative, a coalition of nonprofit organizations committed to increasing funding for statewide affordable housing programs in California. In addition, LIIF serves as a key technical advisor to the Opportunity Finance Network’s GSE Working Group, a coalition of community development organizations promoting innovative strategies for affordable housing finance. LIIF President and CEO Nancy Andrews has also testified before the Senate Banking Committee on the subject of GSE reform.
CHILD CARE POLICY
Facilities are a critical part of the preschool and child care infrastructure. LIIF's goal is to secure adequate capital and technical resources, streamline systems for delivering them, and remove barriers to facilities development. LIIF's policy work focuses on informing government decisions, procedures and allocation of resources that support facilities financing and development.LIIF works at the federal, state and local (city/county/regional) levels in collaboration with preschool and child care advocates and government agencies. Activities include researching options, collecting and analyzing data, providing model language for regulations and legislation, and educating decision makers about facilities issues.
EDUCATION POLICY
LIIF has established an Advisory Group of leading California policy makers, as well as developers, operators, technical assistance providers and funders of charter schools. The Advisory Group, which LIIF convenes a minimum of three times per year, provides a forum for sharing challenges, best practices, and emerging issues and opportunities in public policy. The group’s discussions serve not only to inform LIIF’s work, but also to keep other key players apprised of facilities issues.