News tagged
as 'Housing'
2013
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California Housing Fund Closes First Loan for Affordable Senior Housing
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New Fund’s First Loan Preserves 90 Homes for California Seniors
The Low Income Investment Fund (LIIF) is pleased to announce that the Golden State Acquisition Fund (GSAF) has successfully financed its first project with a loan to Preservation Partners Development (PPD) and Clifford Beers Housing to preserve 90 units of affordable senior housing…
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Las Vegas Meeting Focuses on Transforming Businesses, Communities
Housing Partnership Network’s (HPN’s) Fall Member Meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada, featured a morning plenary session, “Transforming our Businesses and Our Communities,” that focused on the innovative community development strategies in the book Investing in What Works in America’s Communities, published by the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco and LIIF…
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California Acquisition Fund Launches
The launch of the Golden State Acquisition Fund (GSAF), recently featured in Affordable Housing Finance, will provide flexible acquisition financing to experienced nonprofit and for-profit developers and public agencies for the development or preservation of affordable housing throughout California. LIIF, along with six partner CDFIs, recently debuted the new $93 million GSAF program to support…
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$93 Million Golden State Acquisition Fund Launches to Support Affordable Housing Statewide
We are pleased to announce the launch of the Golden State Acquisition Fund (GSAF), a new program available to developers of affordable housing in California. The $93 million program provides acquisition financing to experienced nonprofit and for-profit developers and public agencies for the development or preservation of affordable housing statewide. Developers can access financing for…
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What Are the Links Between Housing and Health?
In a recent roundtable discussion on the link between housing, neighborhoods and health, Nancy O. Andrews, President and CEO of LIIF, offered perspectives on how the community development and housing sectors can contribute to better health outcomes for low income people…
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Funding and Incentivizing Energy-Efficient Building Retrofits
The Sustainable Communities eNews is published by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to share information and best practices for creating economically vibrant, healthy, energy efficient communities. LIIF’s COO Kimberly Latimer-Nelligan was interviewed about the organization’s recent grant from Bank of America’s Energy Efficiency Finance Program. LIIF will use the funds to launch…
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LIIF & Partners Recieve Affordable Housing Award from HCD
The Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) awarded a $23,250,000 loan as seed capital to implement the Golden State Acquisition Fund to finance affordable housing. The loan was awarded to a consortium of four nonprofit community development financial institutions (CDFIs), including LIIF, Enterprise Community Loan Fund, the Rural Community Assistance Corporation and Century Housing…
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The Pursuit of Affordable TODs
The Winter issue of On Common Ground, the magazine published by the National Association of Realtors, featured an article about efforts across the country to ensure that affordable housing is incorporated with transit-oriented development. The piece includes examples of equitable TOD projects underway including projects LIIF has supported such as the Eddy & Taylor development…
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LIIF Receives $5.5 Million from Bank of America to Finance Energy Efficient Building Retrofits