Catch up on IFF news, read stories about community development projects across the Midwest, and gain insight from our team.
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- January 01, 2026
December 2025 Loan Round-up
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- December 08, 2025
Flintside: Volunteers of America Michigan’s Mission Made Possible by Social Enterprise Thrift Stores; Support From IFF
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- December 01, 2025
November 2025 Loan Round-up
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- November 19, 2025
Three IFF-Sponsored Projects Awarded Grant Funding Through FHLBank Chicago’s Affordable Housing Program
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- November 01, 2025
October 2025 Loan Round-up
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- October 30, 2025
Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago: FHLBank Chicago Awards $5.9 Million for Developer Program to Empower Emerging Leaders in Affordable Housing
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- October 01, 2025
September 2025 Loan Round-up
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- September 22, 2025
IFF’s Home First Awarded Tax Credits for a New Housing Development in Illinois’ Metro East Region
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- September 12, 2025
Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago: FHLBank Chicago, IFF, Impact Seven, and Cinnaire Celebrate Groundbreaking of Trailview Cottages
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- September 02, 2025
9&10 News: Housing North to Host Summit Focused on Community-Driven Housing Solutions
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- September 01, 2025
August 2025 Loan Round-up
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- August 27, 2025
With Real Estate Support from IFF, Chicago Makes a Transformational Investment in the City’s Shelter System
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- August 01, 2025
MITechNews.com: Invest Detroit Closes $32 Million in Four Detroit Projects with New Markets Tax Credit
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- August 01, 2025
July 2025 Loan Round-up
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- July 29, 2025
Second Wave Michigan: Preserving Homes, Changing Lives
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- July 28, 2025
Predevelopment Financing from IFF Helps an Indiana Developer Address the State’s Senior Housing Squeeze
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- July 24, 2025
Chicago Defender: Chicago’s Shelter System to Get Historic Upgrade – What It Means for the Community
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- July 11, 2025
Michigan Business Network: Governor Whitmer Announces Funding to Build and Preserve 484 Affordable Rental Homes
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- July 07, 2025
The Lakeshore: Dwelling Place Expands Affordable Homeownership Through Community Land Trust
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- June 25, 2025
IFF’s Flex Loan Program Expands to Increase Nonprofits’ Access to Capital Across the Midwest
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- June 18, 2025
Impact Report: Michigan Affordable Housing Loan Program
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- June 12, 2025
Block Club Chicago: Meet the Finalists for the $10 Million Chicago Prize to Revitalize South, West Sides
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- June 12, 2025
548 Development Breaks Ground on Chicago’s Largest Building Incorporating Passive House Design Standards
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- June 05, 2025
The Herald-News: Public Housing in Joliet Transformed Again with New Senior Apartments
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- June 01, 2025
May 2025 Loan Round-up
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- May 01, 2025
April 2025 Loan Round-up
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- April 28, 2025
A New Headquarters and Workforce Development Center Amplifies the Positive Community Impact of an Ohio Nonprofit
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- April 15, 2025
Soapbox Cincinnati: How IFF and CDFIs Provide Tangible Investments and Grow Nonprofits for Cincinnati Neighborhoods
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- April 01, 2025
March 2025 Loan Round-up
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- March 25, 2025
A Labor of Love, Holloway House Offers Housing and Hope for Teen Parents in Cincinnati
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- March 24, 2025
Home Sweet Homan Initiative Gains Momentum as First Five Modular “Smart” Homes Are Sold
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- March 01, 2025
February 2025 Loan Round-up
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- February 26, 2025
Urban Institute: Leveraging the Community First Fund to Scale FHLBanks’ Mission Impact
Category: Thought Leadership
- February 24, 2025
Second Wave Michigan: CEDAM Bootcamp Alumni Make Real Community Impact Through Development, Place-Based Solutions
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- February 10, 2025
The Lakeshore: Affordable Housing in Spring Lake Brings Stability for Seniors and Families
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- February 07, 2025
Nonprofit Samaritas Opens Michigan’s First Passive House-Certified Multifamily Affordable Housing Development
Category: Stories
- February 01, 2025
Traverse City Record-Eagle: State Awards Tax Credits to Traverse City, Elk Rapids Housing Projects
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- February 01, 2025
January 2025 Loan Round-up
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- January 29, 2025
Crain’s Grand Rapids Business: Samaritas Wraps in Spring Lake on Michigan’s First Passive House-Certified Multifamily Project
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- January 01, 2025
December 2024 Loan Round-up
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- December 06, 2024
Austin Weekly News: From Grassroots to Corporate Support – Highlighting the Partnerships Making the Aspire Center Possible
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- December 05, 2024
Crain’s Grand Rapids Business: Developer Adds Child Care Center to Grand Rapids Project—And Eyes More Across West Michigan
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- November 26, 2024
Indianapolis Nonprofit Invests in Self-Sufficiency with Purchase of Longtime Headquarters
Category: Stories
- November 18, 2024
The Michigan Chronicle: A New Chapter for Pontiac: Developers Break Ground on Casa Del Rey Apartments
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- November 12, 2024
Canton Repository: ABCD Honors Leader Will Dent, Continues Expansion with New Offices, Apartments
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- November 08, 2024
WOOD Radio: U.S. Rep. Scholten Joins Grand Rapids Leaders in Breaking Ground for Southtown Lofts
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- November 01, 2024
October 2024 Loan Round-up
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- November 01, 2024
Affordable Housing Finance: Treasury Awards $246.4 Million to Boost Affordable Housing
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- October 29, 2024
Negocios Now: JPMorganChase Invests Nearly $11M in Chicago’s South and West Sides for Economic Growth
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- October 23, 2024
Going “All In” on Affordable, Inclusive Housing for People with Disabilities in Central Ohio
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- October 09, 2024
9&10 News: Housing Summit Returns to Traverse City to Examine Affordable Housing Solutions
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- October 08, 2024
Coming Soon: Home First’s Access South Cook
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- October 01, 2024
September 2024 Loan Round-up
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- September 25, 2024
IFF’s Continuum in Practice: Supporting Community-Driven Revitalization in Southeast Grand Rapids
Category: Stories
- September 25, 2024
How a Small Loan is Adding Up to Big Impact for Homeowners in Northeast Ohio
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- September 19, 2024
American Banker: How the Home Loan Banks’ Reform Proposals Fit into Harris’s Housing Goal
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- September 17, 2024
Michigan Chronicle: $30 Million Redevelopment Transforms Historic Auto Plant into Vibrant Community Hub
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- September 13, 2024
Crain’s Grand Rapids Business: Construction Starts on Long-Awaited First Apartments at Boston Square Together Project
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- September 01, 2024
August 2024 Loan Round-up
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- August 27, 2024
Affordable Housing Finance: Illinois Affordable Housing Development Closes on Financing
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- August 27, 2024
Leveraging Kansas’ First 9% Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Match Preserves Affordable Housing for Seniors
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- August 22, 2024
Multi-Housing News: Turnstone JV to Start Construction of Illinois Affordable Project
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- August 13, 2024
Kent County: Kent County and IFF Award Nearly $10M Affordable Housing Loans to Three Local Development Projects
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- August 08, 2024
Second Wave Michigan: Commongrounds Uses Co-Op Model to Serve Missing Needs of the Community
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- August 01, 2024
July 2024 Loan Round-up
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- July 16, 2024
Foundation for Homan Square Celebrates Past, Present, and Future Housing Opportunities
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- July 01, 2024
June 2024 Loan Round-up
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- June 28, 2024
IFF’s Home First Celebrates the Completion of 20 Units of Accessible, Scattered-Site Supportive Housing
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- June 26, 2024
Home Sweet Homan: Affordable, Single-Family Smart Homes Offer Wealth-Building Opportunities on Chicago’s West Side
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- May 03, 2024
Traverse City Record-Eagle: Goodwill, City Team Up On Housing Plan for Chronically Homeless
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- April 10, 2024
Traverse City Record-Eagle: Grand Traverse Regional Community Foundation Invests $1 Million in Housing Projects via IFF
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- April 08, 2024
WTTW-TV’s Whitney Reynolds Show: Forgotten City
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- March 28, 2024
Crain’s Grand Rapids Business: Grand Rapids OKs City’s First Housing Brownfield Incentives Under New State Law
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- March 24, 2024
Chicago Sun-Times: Affordable Housing Developments in Edgewater, West Pullman Among Those Awarded Low-Income Housing Tax Credits
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- March 14, 2024
Weekly Citizen: Mayor Brandon Johnson and the Chicago Department of Housing Announce 2023 Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Awardees
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- March 01, 2024
February 2024 Loan Round-up
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- February 28, 2024
IFF’s Home First Honored by Cook County Land Bank Authority as Nonprofit Developer of the Year
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- February 14, 2024
Rapid Growth Media: How Ryan Kilpatrick and Housing Next Are Changing the Paradigm About Affordable Housing
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- February 08, 2024
Milwaukee Business Journal: See $8M Rehab of Homes in Historic Milwaukee Neighborhood
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- February 06, 2024
Crain’s Grand Rapids Business: Leader of New Kent County Housing Nonprofit Offers Case Study on Challenges for Renters
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- February 02, 2024
FHFA’s Home Loan Bank Report is a Policy Unicorn. Don’t Let It Escape.
Category: Thought Leadership
- January 31, 2024
IFF Borrower 30th Street Industrial Corridor Completes Rehab of Milwaukee’s Historic Garden Homes
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