Op-Ed: Capital Magnet Fund Creates ‘Bang for the Buck’ in Affordable HousingTerry Simonette, Nancy O. Andrews, Don Hinkle-Brown, and Joe Neri January 2015 The Capital Magnet Fund is a valuable program created by the U.S. Treasury that leverages private capital…
A Rational Way to Weigh Affordable Housing October 2015 Inclusionary growth is critical to Capital Impact’s mission to build strong, vibrant communities. That pathway, however, can be complicated. This Dallas Observer article highlights how a new calculator developed through the…
This blog post originally appeared on the SOCAP website. For the original post, please visit this website. The challenges of mass incarceration and poverty are all too often intertwined in the U.S. Seventy million Americans currently have an arrest or conviction…
Op-Ed: Capital Magnet Fund Creates ‘Bang for the Buck’ in Affordable HousingTerry Simonette, Nancy O. Andrews, Don Hinkle-Brown, and Joe Neri January 2015 The Capital Magnet Fund is a valuable program created by the U.S. Treasury that leverages private capital…
The California Primary Care Association (CPCA) Annual Conference will take place October 27 and 28 at the Long Beach Convention Center. CPCA represents more than 1,150 not-for-profit Community Health Centers and Regional Clinic Associations who provide comprehensive, quality health…
Building Communities Through Equitable, Affordable Housing Casamira: Detroit, MI | Worthington Woods: Washington, D.C. | Depot Community Apartments: Hayward, CA It was a dark day in Washington, D.C. when Ronnie Jamison and his neighbors learned that their apartment building was…
By Ashlee Cunningham, Senior Specialist, Housing and Community Development In Detroit, long-term disinvestment in the city’s neighborhoods has led to unequitable barriers to opportunity. Systemic racism and disenfranchisement limited opportunities for many Detroiters, more than 80 percent of whom are…
Op-Ed: Congress: Continue to Invest in America’s Struggling Cities and Towns September 2017 With the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund – a program of the U.S. Department of the Treasury – threatened by budget cuts, the leaders of the nation’s…
An Innovative, Low-Cost Approach to Helping Seniors Stay in their Homes July 2014 Crain’s Chicago Business profiles the Village to Village initiative, calling it “an instant community” and a “loneliness buster.” This innovative program creates empowered “Villages” across the U.S….
An Absorbing Problem:To help low-income residents, urban communities need to build up their capacity for using investment capital effectively. December 2014 Ben Hecht, CEO of Living Cities, provides insightful analysis on the critical need for private capital to bolster philanthropic…
