Need flexible capital? LIIF is your community real estate lender of choice.
Looking to make an impactful investment? LIIF provides impact and financial returns.
Need a grant or capacity-building? We support government agencies and providers.
How is LIIF equaling the playing field? Our policy work is yielding results.
Need flexible capital? LIIF is your community real estate lender of choice.
Looking to make an impactful investment? LIIF provides impact and financial returns.
Need a grant or capacity-building? We support government agencies and providers.
How is LIIF equaling the playing field? Our policy work is yielding results.
In the Lupton Center’s “Hope for the Future of Housing” podcast, LIIF Board member Carol R. Naughton provides insights on how with the massive population shifts and the renewed investment in urban development, we are faced with a very real and pressing challenge of having enough housing – especially enough housing that is affordable to…
Dr. Gina Merritt, at the helm of Northern Real Estate Urban Ventures, is a participant in two of LIIF’s innovative programs: Growing Diverse Housing Developers (GDHD); and the Black Developer Capital Initiative (BDCI). Both of these partnerships were made possible via LIIF forging strong relationships with mission-aligned partners/funders looking to offer access to capital in…
The Allstate Foundation has included LIIF as one of 20 recipients — out of 900+ applicants — of an Inclusive Economic Opportunity grant. These unrestricted grants support organizations that promote economic inclusion and financial empowerment, creating pathways to success for all individuals, especially those from historically excluded communities. Read the announcement.
LIIF’s Board includes experts in their fields, from affordable housing to early care and education to community facilities. In exciting news, Gov. Pritzker has appointed Erika Poethig as a member of the Illinois Housing Development Authority. Read the article.
This article showcases the need for climate mitigation in child care facilities. LIIF’s Angie Garling is quoted throughout. Read the article. One of the things we have to do is take the climate resources coming through the Inflation Reduction Act, and make sure that we prioritize young children, both in multifamily housing and early care/education. LIIF…
We have the secret sauce for the CHIPS Act, the recent federal mandate that all in the semiconductor industry applying for more than $150 million in direct government funding must offer their workers one of three options: on-site child care; subsidized center-based child care; or subsidized home-based child care. Now is the time for the…
LIIF’s Wassia Kamon was featured in a CFO Brew article on tips offered for those in the finance world. She offers five suggestions to bridge the gap between marketing and finance, including: acknowledging common roadblocks; starting with the big picture; and agreeing on common rules. Read the article. Find alignment at a high level before…
Legistorm announced that Democratic adviser Makenzi Sumners headed to LIIF, which they called a racial-equity CDFI. Read announcement.
The D.C. Office of the State Superintendent of Education will administer the new grant programs through partnerships with the Washington Area Community Investment Fund and the Low Income Investment Fund, which have previously partnered with the District to provide grants and technical assistance to child care providers. Read more in The DC Line.
Three of the nation’s leading housing nonprofits — the Low Income Investment Fund (LIIF), Stewards of Affordable Housing for the Future (SAHF) and National Affordable Housing Trust (NAHT) — have partnered to address the growing housing affordability crisis. Listen to Kimberly Latimer-Nelligan, President of LIIF, Lori Little, President and CEO of NAHT, and Andrea Ponsor, President and…