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LIIF’s Denise Noel Joins Nationally Acclaimed Politicians, Delivers Speech at Groundbreaking for Park Place at Addison Road Metro in Maryland

Looking to scale their affordable housing work in the DMV region, Banneker Ventures turned to LIIF for flexible catalytic capital, with our organization offering a low-interest $2 million unsecured predevelopment line of credit for multiple projects. On June 13, LIIF Executive Vice President and General Counsel Denise Noel was invited to speak at the groundbreaking…

LIIF NMTC Catalytic Capital Update: Ribbon-Cutting for New Mosaic Building at Damien Center in Indianapolis

Community win in Near Eastside Indianapolis. Today was the ribbon-cutting for the new Mosaic Building at Damien Center, Indiana’s oldest and largest HIV/AIDs service organization. LIIF provided a $6.5 million construction-perm loan, leveraging the power of the federal New Markets Tax Credits (NMTC) program, as catalytic capital for this 56,000-square-foot health care and supportive services…

LIIF Attends National Alliance for Children’s Grief 28th National Symposium

Vice President, ECE Facilities Fund Management Mona Malan and ECE Program Manager, Northeast Region Amy Shea headed to Kansas City, Mo. for the National Alliance for Children’s Grief (NACG) 28th national symposium. They joined 500+ sector leaders, including President Heather Nesle (photo, center) of the New York Life Foundation, which was a longtime funder of…

LIIF Provides Line of Credit to Newark, New Jersey Developer Hamlett Management

LIIF has provided a $500,000 line of credit to help Hamlett Management grow as a multifamily developer. This development company, started in 2003 by Eugenia “Janey” Hamlett, works to strengthen the historically undercapitalized West Ward of Newark — the target of the City of Newark’s investment and focus of its affordability efforts through the West…

OHCS Commits $7.4 Million to Expand Early Care and Education Statewide, Partners with LIIF’s BuildUp Oregon Initiative

Read the KTVZ21 (Bend, Ore.) article. CONTACT   Christopher Gil   Director of Strategic Communications and Influence    (415) 287-3197, cgil@liifund.org     FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE     OHCS Commits $7.4 Million to Expand Early Care and Education Statewide, Partners with LIIF’s BuildUp Oregon Initiative     Grants and loans to nine innovative projects that co-locate child care SALEM, ORE. (May 29, 2025) — Oregon Housing…

LIIF and the Silicon Valley Community Foundation Co-host “It Takes a Village: Cross-sector Networking for Child Care and Affordable Housing Co-location” Event

With our nationwide investments now having preserved or produced 100,000+ units, LIIF was excited to participate in “Affordable Housing Month,” in partnership with SV@Home. On May 22, LIIF and the Silicon Valley Community Foundation co-hosted “It Takes a Village: Cross-sector Networking for Child Care and Affordable Housing Co-location.” This convening was a networking lunch for…

LIIF Attends Ribbon-Cutting for United Yards Mixed-Use Project in Chicago

A united mission has created United Yards. How do you revitalize a local economy, plus create a healthy community and drive small-business development? Take the case of United Yards in the historically undercapitalized Back of the Yards neighborhood of Southside Chicago. In December 2023, LIIF invested $5.35 million to two developers, Blackwood Development Group and…

LIIF Creating a Philanthropic Model for Impact-First Investors

Philanthropy. Impact. Health. All three intersected when LIIF’s Vice President, Impact Capital Initiatives Eliisa Frazier (top photo, left) headed to Philadelphia in mid-May, teaming up with Impact Investment Lead Zoila Jennings (top photo, right) of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) to provide concrete strategies for embedding impact-first approaches throughout the health-investment lifecycle. Their interview-style…