News Archives
2014
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Monetizing Impact: Introducing LIIF’s Social Impact Calculator
LIIF announces the launch of its Social Impact Calculator, a first-of-its-kind tool to measure the impact of our investments at CGI America in Denver and SOCAP Health in New York City, two of the nation’s most important gatherings of social impact investors…
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Community Revitalization Efforts Receive $3.5 Billion in Tax Credits
Emphasizing the importance of New Market Tax Credits (NMTC) on economic recovery in distressed areas, the U.S. Department of the Treasury profiled several NMTC transactions across the country, including LIIF’s recent investment with St. Anthony Foundation in San Francisco…
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Promising News for the Environment and California’s Communities
The Low Income Investment Fund (LIIF) and Enterprise Community Partners proudly support the innovative, long-term plan for California’s investment in equitable transit-oriented communities announced by State Senate pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, State Senator Kevin de Leon and Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti…
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$3.5 Billion in NMTCs Awarded
LIIF was selected as one of 87 organizations nationwide to receive an allocation of New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) from the U.S. Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Fund. Affordable Housing Finance covered the announcement of the latest round of NMTC awards from the CDFI Fund and featured LIIF as one of the leading allocatees…
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LIIF Receives $48 Million New Markets Tax Credit Award
LIIF is proud to announce that it has been awarded its seventh consecutive New Markets Tax Credit allocation from the U.S. Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund. As part of the Treasury’s 2013 round, LIIF was awarded $48 million in NMTC allocation authority…
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Partners in Progress: Initiative Creates One-Stop Shops for Needy Families
In a piece from Al Jazeera America, the success of the Partners in Progress (PIP) Initiative is profiled in communities across the country. Recently launched in partnership with the Citi Foundation, the PIP Initiative is supporting 13 organizations across the country in their work to spur economic progress in local communities…
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California HR Experts’ Group Announces Support for FAMILY Act
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How Can We Better Connect Low-Income People to Opportunity
LIIF and Enterprise have partnered with the Living Cities’ “Connect” Initiative to explore the state of equitable transit-oriented development (equitable TOD) activities in four regions across the U.S. In a new post from Living Cities’ blog The Catalyst, emerging equitable TOD strategies are explored as part of the new initiative…
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Increasing Opportunities for Latino Boys and Men
Opportunity Finance Network (OFN), a national network of community development financial institutions, has recently announced a $1 billion dollar Youth Opportunity Pledge in support of President Obama’s My Brother’s Keeper Initiative. LIIF is proud to have joined with OFN in their Youth Opportunity Pledge, which promises CDFI financing to support youth of color nationwide…
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The California Department of Housing and Community Development Announces Full Deployment of Golden State Acquisition Fund
