Category: Policy

LIIF joined the New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) Working Group to provide comments in response to the CDFI Fund’s request for public comments on the NMTC Program Allocation Application. The members of the NMTC Working Group are participants in the industry who work together to help resolve technical program issues — and provide recommendations to…

LIIF is proud to have signed onto the National Council of State Housing Agencies’ HOME Coalition FY25 appropriations request letter that has been sent to House and Senate appropriations committees. Read the letter.

LIIF Joe Fretwell recently offered recommendations at two hearings. The topics were how a robust, quality supply of child care is essential to the District’s ability to achieve various economic development, growth and planning goals of the Council and the Mayor, plus how the District can be more proactive in efforts to support child-development facilities…

LIIF submitted a comment letter to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Administration for Children and Families (ACF) in response to a Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM) aimed at strengthening the Head Start program.   The proposed changes add new requirements to the Head Start Program Performance Standards (HSPPS) to support and stabilize…

A diverse group of civil rights organizations, affordable housing leaders and housing industry trade groups joined forces to urge that a new bank capital proposal be reconsidered. We are collectively urging the regulators — the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Federal Reserve System and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (the Agencies) — to make major…

LIIF, along with 34 mission-aligned organizations, has signed on in support of innovative legislation introduced to help millions of cost-burdened renters at a time when housing costs are skyrocketing as the gap between incomes and housing costs grows. The Rent Relief Act would:

Together with nearly 80 groups, LIIF sent a letter to the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA). The ask? To lower housing costs for renters and homeowners by updating energy codes with modern energy-efficiency standards. This a win-win for our pocketbooks and our environment. Read the letter.

Responding to the Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund)’s Request for Information (RFI) around the Capital Magnet Fund (CMF), LIIF has submitted a comment letter. The CDFI Fund’s latest RFI will help to enhance and increase the impact of CMF, streamline or minimize the administrative burden on CMF Applicants and Award Recipients, as…

On Aug. 28, LIIF submitted a comment letter to the Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, which is proposing to amend the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) regulations. The notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) is proposing changes to lower families’ child care costs, which can be a significant financial…

LIIF has signed on in support of the Housing Crisis Response Act of 2023, which would provide more than $150 billion in fair and affordable housing investments. This represents the single largest investment in affordable housing in our nation’s history. These funds would create nearly 1.4 million accessible homes, helping 294,000 households afford their rent…