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Housing Finance Solves for Divestment and Displacement

This story is part of LIIF’s 2020 Annual Impact Report. On the heels of the greatest health crisis our nation has seen in a century, there has been an avalanche of near and present crises: an unemployment crisis, a care and education crisis, and looming eviction and displacement crisis. The cascade has reached the base…

Supportive Housing: Meeting People Where They Are

It’s a Spring day in San Diego when Zephyr opens its doors to 84 formerly homeless veterans who will call this apartment building home. For the residents – some of whom have lived on the street for years – the transition to being housed is often both powerful and overwhelming. “Many of our residents have…

New Markets Tax Credits: Investing in Long-Term Community Impact

“Since 1998, 102 rest homes in Massachusetts have closed; That has displaced about 3,000 residents. Today, we provide permanent housing for 60 seniors, many of whom came to us from shelters or after evictions. We would have closed had we not had New Markets Tax Credits financing.” – Kathy Seaman, Executive Director, Mount Pleasant Home…