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LIIF Loan to Mi Casa Inc. Set to Preserve D.C.'s Girard House as Affordable Housing

What’s “The LIIF Way?” We fill gaps in traditional financial markets, leveraging federal lending tools to strengthen historically undercapitalized communities.

Take the case of Girard House, a three-story, 36-unit apartment building originally constructed in 1947 and located in the gentrifying Columbia Heights neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Mi Casa Inc., a nonprofit affordable housing developer, has received a $3.8 million acquisition loan from LIIF, supported by two forms of credit enhancement: $965,000 from the DC Preservation Fund and $620,000 from Capital Magnet Fund. Mi Casa Inc.’s goal is to preserve Girard House as affordable housing.

A $3.8 million acquisition loan from LIIF, supported by two forms of credit enhancement: $965,000 from the DC Preservation Fund and $620,000 from Capital Magnet Fund.

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