“I don’t care if you meet your target, because you set it low,” says Andrew Jakabovics of Enterprise Community Partners. “Let’s figure out what the actual need is and how can we put the resources of these tremendous institutions behind tackling these problems.” bit.ly/3nCkC2R

Our Annual Impact Report is hot off the (digital) press today! In it, we share progress updates and lessons on our work to advance racial equity through lending, affordable housing & child care: bit.ly/3ITjAaW

Thank you National Children's Facilities Network for supporting this video + @UDWA for connecting us with child care providers Elsa, Samsam, and Maria (Loulou). Their stories highlight why investing in homes as #childcare infrastructure is key to ensuring American families have access to quality care.

Congrats to the Low Income Investment Fund (LIIF) ECE Team for being named Administrator of the next round of the Access to Quality Child Care program in DC! So much incredible #childcare facilities work to be done in the District. #BuildUpChildCare Laura Jackman

Displacement won’t be solved by blocking all new development. We need affordable homes for all incomes+tenant protections. Yes I think publicly-owned homes permanently affordable for <50%AMI are great but it doesn’t mean we should block other developments youtu.be/cEsC5hNfPU4

Angie Garling “My mom worked as a home-based child care provider when I was young. Child care is literally what allowed my mom to earn a living and support our family. I want all families to have access to the care they need.” - Olivia Barrow Strauss #DayWithoutChildCare

Excited to share my recent article on mutually reinforcing opportunities between CRA and Special Purpose Credit Programs (SPCPs). With the right incentives, we can drive more affordable, accessible capital to communities of color. bit.ly/3MaXzWE The Regulatory Review

Check out this article, “Increasing Access to Credit in Communities of Color” from our member Low Income Investment Fund (LIIF) on the Community Reinvestment Act. #Capital4Communities

Special Purpose Credit Programs are a powerful tool to deliver capital to communities of color, and #CDFIs have an important role to demonstrate the value of these underused programs. Read more from our Policy Manager, Olivia Barrow Strauss: bit.ly/3MaXzWE The Regulatory Review

In this piece, Low Income Investment Fund (LIIF)’s Olivia Barrow Strauss talks about the potential for special purpose credit programs (SPCPs) to increase access to credit in communities of color. From The Regulatory Review: theregreview.org/2022/05/31/bar….

Our new Brighter Futures Fund will provide $20 million in financing for high-quality #childcare, with an emphasis on programs that are owned by Black women or serve Black mothers and families. Goldman Sachs bit.ly/3yyNXBs

Wonderful to get the AHTCC together today for our Fall Meeting and Edson Awards to celebrate the best in #LIHTC - and to be joined by our fearless leader Sen. Maria Cantwell

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Join LIIF's General Counsel Denise Noel & Policy Manager Olivia Barrow Strauss w/ Amber Bond of African American Alliance of CDFI CEOs & Kevin Goldsmith of JPMorgan Chase for "From Commitment to Action: Using Special Purpose Credit Programs for Racial Equity" at 4:15 in Gramercy East.

Another great panel at #2022OFNConf! LIIF's own General Counsel, Denise Noel, and Policy Manager, Olivia Barrow Strauss, joined Amber Bond of aaacdfi and Kevin Goldsmith of J.P. Morgan to talk about using Special Purpose Credit Programs for racial equity. #InvestInChange

No better time to talk about potential impacts on the NMTC market than the day allocation awards are announced. Thanks @NovogradacCPAs for inviting me, and congrats to all of the NMTC award winners!

How we plan, design, and build homes can have a major impact on local climate outcomes. New data shared by The New York Times helps make the case for thoughtful and strategic housing development. nyti.ms/3FPHntP

A powerhouse panel coming up on Monday for the next Early Years Climate Action Task Force listening session -- be sure to sign up below to join us! This Is Planet Ed @Capita_Social capita.org/events/2022/1/…

Today the #JPMCPolicyCenter published a #housing policy brief with new recommendations to advance affordable, sustainable homeownership. This policy agenda leverages learnings from our philanthropic investments & evidence-based research. Read our recs: jpmorganchase.com/content/dam/jp…