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  1. March 06, 2024

    City of Chicago Press Release: Mayor Brandon Johnson and the Chicago Department of Housing Announce 2023 Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Awardees
    Category: Press
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  2. March 01, 2024

    February 2024 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
  3. February 28, 2024

    IFF’s Home First Honored by Cook County Land Bank Authority as Nonprofit Developer of the Year
    Category: Stories
  4. February 20, 2024

    Second Wave Michigan: What’s Next for Housing in Kent and Ottawa Counties
    Category: Press
    Category: Stories
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  5. February 14, 2024

    Rapid Growth Media: How Ryan Kilpatrick and Housing Next Are Changing the Paradigm About Affordable Housing
    Category: Press
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  6. February 08, 2024

    Milwaukee Business Journal: See $8M Rehab of Homes in Historic Milwaukee Neighborhood
    Category: Press
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  7. February 06, 2024

    Crain’s Grand Rapids Business: Leader of New Kent County Housing Nonprofit Offers Case Study on Challenges for Renters
    Category: Press
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  8. February 02, 2024

    FHFA’s Home Loan Bank Report is a Policy Unicorn. Don’t Let It Escape.
    Category: Thought Leadership
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  9. January 31, 2024

    IFF Borrower 30th Street Industrial Corridor Completes Rehab of Milwaukee’s Historic Garden Homes
    Category: Stories
  10. January 24, 2024

    Crain’s Grand Rapids Business: Developer Plans 202 Apartments in Second Holland-Area Project
    Category: Press
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  11. January 23, 2024

    New Residential Treatment Facility Expands Milwaukee Nonprofit’s Capacity to Combat the Opioid Epidemic
    Category: Stories
  12. January 13, 2024

    Wisconsin State Journal: Madison Project with Housing, Child Care Under One Roof Shows Need for Federal Fund
    Category: Thought Leadership
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  13. January 09, 2024

    Lake County News-Sun: Officials Say Lake County at Inflection Point in Homelessness Crisis; Population Growing as Affordable Housing Lags Behind
    Category: Press
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  14. January 08, 2024

    Crain’s Detroit Business: New Michigan Development Pushes Eco-Housing to the Limit
    Category: Press
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  15. January 01, 2024

    December 2023 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
  16. December 01, 2023

    November 2023 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
  17. November 20, 2023

    A $50 Million Healthy Living Campus Aims to Address Historic Inequities in West Dayton
    Category: Stories
  18. November 20, 2023

    IFF Leverages FHLBank Chicago Membership to Unlock $33.5+ Million in Funding for Affordable Housing in the Midwest
    Category: Stories
  19. November 04, 2023

    Petoskey News-Review: Lofts at Lumber Square Breaks Ground in Petoskey
    Category: Press
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  20. November 02, 2023

    Fox 17 West Michigan: School Safety and Housing Among Topics of Focus During Kent County’s State of the County Address
    Category: Press
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  21. October 12, 2023

    Lake County News-Sun: PADS Lake County Using Hotels More Than Churches to House the Homeless
    Category: Press
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  22. October 05, 2023

    Urban Milwaukee: Join the Parade of Garden Homes
    Category: Press
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  23. October 03, 2023

    WisBusiness: Grand Opening Oct. 5 for Multi-Family Development on Winnebago
    Category: Press
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  24. September 01, 2023

    August 2023 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
  25. August 29, 2023

    Austin Weekly News: Meet the Key Players Responsible for the Aspire Center Construction
    Category: Press
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  26. August 26, 2023

    Northern Express: Where the Teacher Shortage and the Housing Crisis Meet
    Category: Press
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  27. August 23, 2023

    WHTC-AM: Regional Non-Profit Funder Gets Financial Boost from Lansing
    Category: Press
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  28. August 22, 2023

    MLive: Michigan Awards Millions to Build More Rental Housing Across the State
    Category: Press
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  29. August 22, 2023

    WOOD-TV: $10M Housing Loan Fund Created for Allegan, Ottawa, Kent Counties
    Category: Press
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  30. August 22, 2023

    Crain’s Grand Rapids Business: Nonprofit Receives $10M State Loan to Invest in West Michigan Housing Projects
    Category: Press
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  31. August 18, 2023

    Urban Milwaukee: Garden Homes Sees New Life Through Perseverance
    Category: Press
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  32. August 11, 2023

    WGVU: Kent County Sets Parameters for New Affordable Housing Loan Fund, Enters Partnership with IFF
    Category: Press
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  33. August 11, 2023

    Crain’s Grand Rapids Business: Kent County to launch affordable housing revolving loan fund with initial $58M
    Category: Press
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  34. August 10, 2023

    WOOD-TV: Kent Co. approves framework for affordable housing fund
    Category: Press
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  35. August 10, 2023

    MLive: Kent County launching $58M affordable housing loan program
    Category: Press
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  36. August 01, 2023

    July 2023 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
  37. July 01, 2023

    June 2023 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
  38. June 21, 2023

    “Live Here, Create Here, Sell Here”: Two Detroiters Team Up to Create a $30 Million Haven for the Arts in a Historic Auto Factory
    Category: Stories
  39. June 07, 2023

    Stronger Nonprofits Initiative: Five Years of Investment and Impact
    Category: Stories
  40. June 01, 2023

    May 2023 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
  41. May 01, 2023

    April 2023 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
  42. April 01, 2023

    March 2023 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
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  43. March 22, 2023

    A $30 Million Mixed-Use Development Provides a Fresh Start for Kenosha’s Uptown Neighborhood
    Category: Stories
  44. March 01, 2023

    February 2023 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
  45. February 21, 2023

    100 Years After Breaking New Ground, Milwaukee’s Garden Homes Neighborhood Gets a New Lease on Life as an Anchor for Community Revitalization
    Category: Stories
  46. January 19, 2023

    IFF’s Continuum in Practice: Going Deep in Place in Chicago’s North Lawndale Neighborhood
    Category: Stories
  47. January 01, 2023

    December 2022 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
  48. November 23, 2022

    IFF’s Home First Project Integrates Health and Housing for Residents with Disabilities
    Category: Stories
  49. November 23, 2022

    Closing the Affordable Housing Gap: Q&A with Illinois Housing Development Authority Executive Director Kristin Faust
    Category: Stories
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  50. October 27, 2022

    Developer To Build 20 More Affordable Apartments In Maywood
    Category: Press
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  51. September 13, 2022

    New accessible, affordable housing development nearly complete in Maywood
    Category: Press
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  52. August 01, 2022

    July 2022 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
    Architect's rendering of Detroit Public Theatre's new facility
  53. July 18, 2022

    Building a More Sustainable Future While Lifting Up Businesses on Chicago’s South and West Sides: Q&A with 548 Development Founder & CEO A.J. Patton
    Category: Stories
    548 Development Founder and CEO A.J. Patton
  54. July 01, 2022

    June 2022 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
    An architect's rendering of the Lillian Marcie Center
  55. May 18, 2022

    Madison Nonprofits Team Up on Affordable Housing and Early Childhood Education in a Win-Win for Everybody
    Category: Stories
  56. May 18, 2022

    IFF’s 2021 Annual Report | Meeting the Moment: Change, Equity, Impact
    Category: Stories
    Cover of IFF's 2021 Annual Report
  57. May 01, 2022

    April 2022 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
    Architect's rendering of Galleria 89 in South Chicago
  58. April 01, 2022

    March 2022 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
  59. March 15, 2022

    Photo Tour: New Transit-Oriented Affordable Housing Creates an Arts-Centric Gateway for a Local Business District
    Category: Stories
    Exterior Shot of The 801 in Oak Park, IL
  60. March 01, 2022

    February 2022 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
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  61. February 16, 2022

    Virtual Tour: Two model homes on Chicago’s West Side demonstrate proof of concept for a bold community revitalization strategy
    Category: Stories
    Model homes developed by Lawndale Christian Development Corporation as part of a community revitalization strategy designed to build generational wealth through homeownership
  62. January 31, 2022

    January 2022 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
    A group of staff and volunteers from Star Farm Chicago standing in front a van the nonprofit uses to distribute locally grown organic produce in and around Chicago's Back of the Yards neighborhood
  63. January 18, 2022

    Photo Tour: The Paddocks Bring Affordable Workforce Housing to Rural Indiana Community
    Category: Stories
  64. December 14, 2021

    Full Circle Communities and Christian Community Health Center Take on Link Between Health and Housing in South Suburban Chicago
    Category: Stories
  65. October 31, 2021

    October 2021 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
  66. October 13, 2021

    The Night Ministry’s “The Crib” Designed with Both Its Clients and Community in Mind
    Category: Stories
  67. October 01, 2021

    September 2021 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
    RecycleForce Groundbreaking
  68. July 13, 2021

    Nonprofits & Real Estate: When to “build capacity” and when to just help
    Category: Thought Leadership
  69. June 30, 2021

    June 2021 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
  70. June 28, 2021

    2020 Annual Report
    Category: Stories
  71. May 31, 2021

    May 2021 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
  72. April 05, 2021

    Chicago Architect Magazine: Home First
    Category: Press
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  73. March 31, 2021

    March 2021 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
  74. February 25, 2021

    Model D: This faith-based nonprofit helped spark a revival in Detroit’s Regent Park
    Category: Press
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  75. February 01, 2021

    IFF and JPMorgan Chase’s Stronger Nonprofit Initiative Assisting Milwaukee Nonprofit Leaders of Color
    Category: Press
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  76. January 31, 2021

    January 2021 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
  77. January 29, 2021

    St. Louis Business Journal: Here’s when construction will start on Green Street’s $40M housing project in The Grove
    Category: Press
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  78. January 26, 2021

    Next STL: Union At The Grove to Break Ground
    Category: Press
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  79. January 22, 2021

    The News-Gazette: With homes filled and park open, Bristol Place ‘a really great community’
    Category: Press
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  80. October 12, 2020

    Partnerships, Equity & the CDFI Way: How 159 Midwest nonprofits received PPP loans through IFF
    Category: Stories
  81. September 01, 2020

    Racial Equity in Times of Crisis: Let’s Interrupt History (Part 2)
    Category: Thought Leadership
    3 paper silhouettes of people hold hands with one reaching across a gap as if to hold hands with 3 other paper silhouettes.
  82. July 14, 2020

    The Columbus Dispatch: Apartments to rise on ‘Cargominium’ site on East Side
    Category: Press
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  83. July 01, 2020

    WBEZ: Community Groups Push A Bold Idea To Revitalize Some Chicago Neighborhoods
    Category: Press
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  84. May 27, 2020

    2019 Annual Report
    Category: Stories
  85. April 15, 2020

    Racial Equity in Times of Crisis: Let’s Interrupt History
    Category: Thought Leadership
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  86. February 27, 2020

    Affordable Housing Finance: Housing and Finance Organizations Receive Capital Magnet Funds
    Category: Press
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  87. February 26, 2020

    Chicago Tribune: There’s a 16-year gap in life expectancy between Chicago’s West Side and the Loop. Here’s what local hospitals are doing about it.
    Category: Press
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  88. February 03, 2020

    Chicago Construction News: Affordable housing replaces vacant lots in Maywood
    Category: Press
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  89. February 03, 2020

    Village Free Press: New Handicap Accessible Affordable Housing Completed In Maywood, 12 More Units Coming
    Category: Press
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  90. February 03, 2020

    Advancing Communities Podcast: IFF CEO Joe Neri
    Category: Press
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  91. January 06, 2020

    Traverse City Record Eagle: Dann’s House doubles up
    Category: Press
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  92. December 24, 2019

    The Ticker: Women’s Resource Center, Dann’s House Expanding
    Category: Press
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  93. November 26, 2019

    Forest Park Review: New housing for those with disabilities opens soon
    Category: Press
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  94. November 11, 2019

    United Methodist Community House reimagines itself — and Grand Rapids’ Southeastern Community
    Category: Stories
  95. October 25, 2019

    Intro: Two community investors, two Midwest cities, two approaches to reaching more leaders of color with the financing tools they want
    Category: Thought Leadership
  96. October 09, 2019

    IFF clients give advice on how to spread awareness during Domestic Violence Awareness Month
    Category: Stories
  97. September 04, 2019

    Lincoln Park Community Services triples its capacity to serve Chicagoans experiencing homelessness
    Category: Stories
  98. August 02, 2019

    IFF’s Home First racks up recognition through local, state, and national awards
    Category: Stories
    Kirby, Dena, and Lisa receive Home First award at US Capitol
  99. June 07, 2019

    Milwaukee’s Lindsay Heights welcomes ‘dream’ housing development
    Category: Stories
  100. May 10, 2019

    RE Journals: LISC Chicago honors top community development projects at 25th annual Chicago Neighborhood Development Awards
    Category: Press
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