News tagged
as 'TOD'
2013
-
New Report: Filling the Equitable TOD Financing Gap
Today, the Low Income Investment Fund (LIIF), Enterprise Communities Partners and Living Cities jointly released Filling the Financing Gap for Equitable Transit-Oriented Development, a new report that examines the opportunities and systemic challenges of advancing equitable transit-oriented development (TOD) across the country. The report features case studies from Atlanta, Denver, Minneapolis-St. Paul and the San…
Read the full story -
New Report Says Equitable Transit-Oriented Development Creates Better Communities for All
-
Aligning Grants with Impact Investments Can Help Catalyze the Growing Impact Investing Field
Impact investing — investments intended to generate a blended value of social and financial return — continues to attract strong interest from both mainstream investors and traditional philanthropy. Even as foundations and philanthropists increasingly choose investments that advance their social mission, very few have developed a comprehensive approach that links impact investing and grantmaking into a single integrated strategy…
Read the full story -
Searching for the Silver Lining in Financing Equitable TOD
Over the past two decades, transit-oriented development (TOD) has emerged as a powerful tool for creating liveable communities that integrate affordable housing and community services with accessible transportation. More recently, the approach of equitable TOD has been gaining greater attention from leading voices in the affordable housing and TOD fields…
Read the full story 2012
-
Bay Area TOAH Fund Recognized by EPA for Smart Growth Achievement
The Bay Area Transit-Oriented Affordable Housing Fund (TOAH Fund) is among seven projects from across the country to be recognized by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for the 2012 National Award for Smart Growth Achievement. The TOAH Fund received an honorable mention in the Programs and Policies category for its…
Read the full story -
Affordable Housing Fund Continues Bay Area Success
In early 2011, LIIF launched a targeted fund, the $50 million Bay Area Transit-Oriented Development (TOAH) Fund, to provide financing to develop affordable housing and other vital community services near transit lines throughout the Bay Area. The San Francisco Business Times recently highlighted the Fund’s success in the Bay Area and…
Read the full story -
Transit-Oriented Development Helps Economic Growth
Arlington, Virginia, and the Ballston-Rosslyn transit corridor offers one of the country’s most prominent examples of successful Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) policy that have spurred economic growth and community revitalization. Drawing on the Arlington County project, the Partnership for Sustainable Communities released a recent article highlighting the community benefits of the smart growth planning approach…
Read the full story -
LIIF & Morgan Stanley Op-Ed in Huffington Post Says TOD Can Help Get America to Work
In an op-ed published in the Huffington Post, Nancy O. Andrews, LIIF’s President and CEO, and Audrey Choi, Managing Director and Head of Global Sustainable Finance at Morgan Stanley, voice that integrating transit, affordable housing and community services has both economic and social benefits for the nation…
Read the full story -
LIIF & Morgan Stanley Paper Connects TOD, Jobs & Healthy Communities
-
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…
Read the full story