News Archives
2020
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LIIF receives $3 million award from District of Columbia Preservation Fund
LIIF is pleased to announce that the District of Columbia Preservation Fund awarded LIIF $3 million. LIIF will leverage this grant with LIIF capital to provide flexible, low-cost financing for the preservation of affordable housing in D.C. This financing will not just preserve affordable housing, it will provide developers the capital needed to improve property […]…
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California Commissioner Launches Diversity Initiative, Names COIN Board Members
Patricia GoPaul, LIIF’s Executive Vice President, General Counsel, has returned to the COIN board with a term ending in 2022. Read more in Insurance Journal.…
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Communication Community’s Q & A with Amy Chea, MPA
LIIF’s Amy Chea, Program Officer/Small Business Advisor for LIIF’s Early Care and Education team in New York, was featured in this Q&A on the website Communications Community. Read the full article here.…
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Affordable Housing Moves Forward Despite COVID Obstacles
COVID-19 has challenged efforts to create and preserve affordable homes across the US – including uncertainty around loan terms and repayment and physical distancing impacts on site visits and construction. Despite this, projects to increase the supply of homes that are affordable have continued to move forward, including two recently closed LIIF projects coming to […]…
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Officials Secure $1 Million To Support Child Care Providers And Educators
San Francisco officials unveiled a new program that will use $1 million from the Give2SF fund to support child care providers and educators. The Family Child Care Emergency Operating Grant program will be jointly managed by Low Income Investment Fund’s Child Care Facilities Program and the Office of Early Care and Education. Read more in […]…
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Black Lives Matter
LIIF joins the millions of Americans and people across the world who are speaking out and standing up to say: Black lives matter. To all Black people, we see your pain and recognize the burdens of systemic racism that you bear, not just in this moment, but every day. We hear the call for each […]…
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Opinion: COVID-19 Shows the Need to Combine Housing with Healthcare
The LIIF report “Innovative Models in Health and Housing” is included in this opinion piece in City Limits.…
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Statement from the Low Income Investment Fund on the OCC’s Final CRA Rule
On May 20, 2020 the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) issued a final rule on regulations governing the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA). This rule comes just six weeks after more than 7,500 comment letters were submitted in response to the agency’s proposed changes to CRA – including a letter of opposition from […]…
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LIIF Launches Child Care COVID-19 Relief Efforts in NYC, SF Bay Area and D.C.
How our nation responds to the early care and education sector’s needs during the COVID-19 crisis will directly affect our nation’s economy, working families’ livelihoods and our children’s future wellbeing. Without adequate support, we risk the permanent loss of roughly half of the nation’s child care slots. To this end, the Low Income Investment Fund […]…
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LIIF Announces New Chief Strategy Officer
The Low Income Investment Fund (LIIF) is excited to announce Lucy Arellano Baglieri as our new Chief Strategy Officer. In her role as a senior leader for the organization, Mrs. Arellano Baglieri will oversee LIIF’s Strategy, Development and Public Affairs team, and will lead implementation of LIIF’s strategic plan and social justice initiatives. “We were […]…
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