News Archives
2011
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LIIF Joins Mayor Bloomberg at Staten Island Grocery Ground Breaking
LIIF joined Mayor Bloomberg to celebrate the ground breaking of a grocery store in Staten Island. The store owner is receiving a $3.8 million loan from the Healthy Food & Healthy Communities Fund as well as support from the City’s FRESH program. The funds will enable the store to expand from 6,000 to 9,000 square […]…
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LIIF Joins Starbucks & OFN to Create Jobs
The Low Income Investment Fund (LIIF) is excited to announce that it was named as one of the first community development financial institutions (CDFIs) to receive a capital grant from the Create Jobs for USA Fund, a collaboration between Starbucks and Opportunity Finance Network (OFN). The Create Jobs for USA funds will help LIIF to […]…
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LIIF Commends SF on New Green Finance Program
The City of San Francisco announced the new GreenFinanceSF-Commercial Program that helps commercial property owners green their buildings. The program takes advantage of an “open market” Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) financing model. With the support of Living Cities, LIIF worked closely with the City of San Francisco to ensure that the program would serve […]…
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LIIF Receives Award to Support Small Businesses
LIIF received a $7.5 million award through the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Small Business Lending Fund. …
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CDFI Fund Awards LIIF $3 Million for Healthy Food Financing
Today, the Low Income Investment Fund (LIIF) received a $3 million award from the U.S. Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Fund. LIIF was one of only 12 organizations nationally to receive an award. LIIF will use the funds to further its work to increase access to nutritious and healthy food in low income and […]…
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LIIF Awarded $1.5 Million from US Treasury’s CDFI Fund
LIIF received a $1.5 million award from the US Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Fund. The support from the CDFI Fund will enable LIIF to invest in distressed communities and provide support to low-income families across the country. This year, the CDFI Fund gave $142 million to 155 CDFIs through its annual competitive award […]…
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A Decade of Results: Charter School Loan & Operating Performance
LIIF is pleased to share A Decade of Results: Charter School Loan & Operating Performance, an industry-wide survey that examines ten years of charter school loan performance. The report reflects data from 15 lenders representing $1.2 billion in charter school loans. Printed copies of the report will be available in June. This study identifies and […]…
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LIIF’s New York Office Has Moved
As of May 24, 2011, our new address in New York is 521 Fifth Avenue, Suite 625, New York, NY 10175. Our phone numbers will remain the same. t: 212.509.5509 f: 212.509.5593…
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LIIF Joins HUD Secretary Donovan at Harvard Event on Affordable Rental Housing
A new study released by the Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University, “America’s Rental Housing: Meeting Challenges, Building on Opportunities,” found that one in four renters spends more than half their income on rent and utilities and the problem of affordability is creeping into higher income groups. LIIF President & CEO Nancy O. […]…
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LIIF & Partners Provide Bay Area TOD Financing
LIIF is proud to announce the launch of the Bay Area Transit-Oriented Affordable Housing (TOAH) Fund. Developers can now access financing for affordable housing and vital community services near public transit hubs through the $50 million fund. The TOAH Fund is a key part of LIIF’s strategy to support equitable transit-oriented development (TOD). LIIF is […]…
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