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Susana Vasquez is new LISC/CHICAGO Executive Director 07/18/2011

Chargers award grant to Sweetwater High School 07/06/2011

NH school to get Patriots help on new field 06/29/2011

Land Banks called a long-term solution to Vacant Property problem 06/29/2011

Bills grant to help install turf at Mulroy Park 06/29/2011

Schwab makes right connections 06/28/2011

Dear John Letters Combat Prostitution 06/28/2011

NFL grant to help revitalize South San Francisco High School athletic field 06/27/2011

Cincinnati School Receives $200,000 Bengals Grant 06/27/2011

Ground Breaking on Douglas-Sumner Neighborhood 06/22/2011

Gov. Breaks Ground On 4 New House In KCK 06/21/2011

Financial Opportunity Centers Launched 06/21/2011

LISC Awarded Nearly $2.2MM in 2011 AmeriCorps Funding 06/07/2011

Greater Kansas City LISC brings experts to discuss vacant properties 07/15/2010

LISC Surveys Landscape for Financing Charter School Facilities, Reports on Success of Public and Nonprofit Programs 06/28/2010

LISC elects Caffarelli, Belinfanti to board - new directors represent The Home Depot Foundation, One Equity Partners 03/10/2010

NEF financed nonprofit developer opens $90MM green housing development for low-income families in La Quinta, with support from Wells Fargo and Citi 03/10/2010

Moderate-income homes supported by organizations like LISC defy foreclosure trend 03/05/2010

LISC announces $607 million in 2009 Building Sustainable Communities investments 03/01/2010

NHC "Open House" blog: Building sustainable communities 02/24/2010

NEF president and CEO Joseph Hagan named new president at AHTCC 02/22/2010

LISC applauds Administration's Let's Move initiative, calls comprehensive community revitalization a key to answering children’s health, obesity challenges 02/17/2010

LISC applauds confirmation of Patrick Corvington to lead national service agency 02/17/2010

Citi and LISC team up on program to help low-income families build income, assets 02/10/2010

LISC and NEF help fund one of the first permanent supportive-housing projects in Milwaukee 02/03/2010

LISC helps Super Bowl legacy project take shape in Indianapolis' near-east side 02/03/2010

South Dakota Rural LISC CDC Partner recognized for outstanding work 02/01/2010

Council to recognize Great Indy Neighborhoods Initiative 02/01/2010

Rural LISC Partner CDC Laconia Area Community Land Trust receives award 01/28/2010

State of the foreclosure crisis 01/28/2010

NHC 2009 "Pioneering Housing Strategies" Award finalist: Preservation of Affordable Housing, Inc. 01/26/2010

HUD official visits Providence neighborhood targeted by LISC's Sustainable Communities program 01/23/2010

Ethnic cuisine helps bridge cultural divide 01/21/2010

Morgan Stanley launches $110 million commitment for affordable housing with National Equity Fund 01/19/2010

1912 school building remodeled into new rental units and senior center in Spencer, Iowa 01/15/2010

Bob Vila's Charity blog features LISC 01/06/2010

LISC's Joni Foster is one of 10 Jacksonville businesspeople to watch in '10 01/04/2010

LISC to invest $14.1 million in tax credits for Children's Campus 12/16/2009

Goldman Sachs announces $61 million investment in affordable housing 12/02/2009

Village Green: For cities to be an environmental solution, we need to address public safety 11/23/2009

Underserved communities to benefit from $4 million 11/20/2009

Gates Foundation provides $30 MM credit support agreement to secure $300 MM in charter school facility financing 11/11/2009

Brooklyn community safety partners win national award 11/11/2009

'Murder Avenue' no more 11/10/2009

The greatest real estate turnaround ever 11/09/2009

Legislative changes could generate $5 billion in private capital to spur new affordable housing, study reveals 11/04/2009

Treasury awards LISC $115MM in NMTCs 11/03/2009

Police share simple ways to prevent crime 10/27/2009

Sweetbriar now home to fourteen working families 10/13/2009

LISC names L.A. executive director 10/08/2009

Foreclosure crisis creates thousands more vacant buildings in KC 10/05/2009

Where 'grandfamilies' can live and thrive 10/02/2009

AHF Pop quiz: Betty Tamm of Umpqua CDC 09/29/2009

Foreclosure blight: The cleanup crawls along 09/29/2009

Hagan sees hopeful signs 09/25/2009

Amid a citywide slump, a local exception 09/25/2009

New apartments for special clientele 09/24/2009

Outer space for the inner city 09/24/2009

$100K grant from NFL and LISC funds Jacksonville's Mallison Park field renovations 09/14/2009

Clyde Park charges toward completion 09/09/2009

Chicago South Siders spend billions each year outside of their neighborhoods 09/01/2009

LISC awarded $3.6 million for Neighborhood Stabilization 08/26/2009

NEF closes on $76MM LIHTC fund to support 1,000 affordable homes and 1,900 jobs 08/20/2009

Faded glory: polishing Flint's jewels 08/19/2009

Connecting the dots in Olneyville 08/17/2009

LISC offers policy recommendations to Toledo leaders 08/14/2009

A Minneapolis gallery show tackles complex housing problems with verve and imagination 08/13/2009

A neighborhood partnership 08/07/2009

Indy LISC supports new transit options 08/04/2009

Local Initiatives Support Corporation and MetLife Foundation honor community-police partnerships 08/03/2009

Building Jacksonville communities in a different way for 10 years 07/27/2009

Detroit Local Initiatives Support Corp. gives $1.5 million to 24 nonprofits 07/21/2009

LISC offers $200,000 to improve neighborhoods 07/20/2009

Homeless numbers rise in Kalamazoo 07/18/2009

LISC applauds Senate confirmation of Marquez at HUD 07/02/2009

LISC applauds Oberstar transportation blueprint for its connection to sustainable communities 06/30/2009

Cicilline details city plan to boost arts 06/26/2009

Upper Room program provides good summer fun: learning 06/20/2009

LISC wins $2.1MM in new AmeriCorps funding 06/10/2009

Green housing development for MI homeless honored 06/10/2009

RI housing project for low-income seniors honored 06/10/2009

Dept. of Education awards LISC $8.3MM to support development of charter school facilities 06/10/2009

ULI honors 'green' affordable housing project serving very low-income seniors 05/28/2009

LISC applauds HEARTH focus on homelessness 05/28/2009

Philadelphia's commercial corridors are open for business 05/27/2009

Peterson's Place? Why not? 05/15/2009

'Makeover' just a start to revitalization 05/15/2009

The Home Depot Foundation, LISC, Greater Houston Development Inc and Francis Scott Key Middle School team up to repair Ike-damaged homes 05/14/2009

LISC/NFL Grassroots Program credited as "the driving force" behind new $700,000 field in Providence 04/22/2009

Kennedy Serve America Act to benefit communities through AmeriCorps expansion: LISC 04/21/2009

Initiative seeks to rebuild neighborhoods 04/02/2009

Nonprofit alliance buys 47 vacant N.J. homes 04/01/2009

LISC invests $30.5M into Detroit neighborhoods in 2008 03/31/2009

Three LISC-financed charter schools win awards 03/20/2009

LISC announces $826MM in 2008 Sustainable Communities investments 02/24/2009

Lawmakers describe plan for aid to restore housing 02/24/2009

Housing bailout should help avoid foreclosures in Buffalo 02/19/2009

LISC voices support for President Obama's foreclosure plan 02/18/2009

MacArthur Foundation President Jonathan Fanton makes the case for housing 02/12/2009

Job-assistance agency caseload on the rise 02/09/2009

Affordable housing hits a wall in time of rising need 02/06/2009

Frank, Syron, and the blame game 01/26/2009

Volunteers heed King's call to service at Miami's Overtown housing project 01/19/2009

2009 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service 01/15/2009

LISC-funded Boston project is named "Best Urban Development" finalist 01/07/2009

Great Society 2.0 01/06/2009

Bringing Broadband to the Urban Poor 01/01/2009

LISC Continues Defense of CRA 12/16/2008

LISC Applauds Nomination of Donovan as HUD Secretary 12/15/2008

LISC partners with Liberty Bank to launch Connecticut affordable housing program 12/02/2008

Minneapolis hosts first 20/20 Community Development Expo 11/25/2008

New York City Acquisition Fund Honored as Innovations in American Government Award Winner 11/24/2008

Stop low-cost housing drain 11/23/2008

LISC Elects Prudential's Winograd to Board 11/14/2008

LISC Responds to Foreclosure Crisis 11/03/2008

Love at first site 11/01/2008

Foreclosure Rates Comparable Across Incomes 10/29/2008

Quiet safety effort gets noticed 10/26/2008

Citi Foundation Grant Will Support LISC Foreclosure Response Programs in Eight Cities 10/23/2008

Neighborhood of the week: Constitution Hill 10/19/2008

LISC, Global Green Move Forward with "Green" Charter Schools in L.A. 10/16/2008

Roxbury Community Safety Partners Win National Award 10/15/2008

LISC and Metlife Foundation Honor Community-Police Partnerships 10/09/2008

Brooklyn Community Safety Partners Win National Award 10/09/2008

LISC: CRA Not to Blame for Economic Crisis 10/06/2008

Can Buffalo lead the way in solving nation's vacant housing problem? 09/26/2008

Zilber names organizations to spearhead neighborhood projects 09/26/2008

In Defense of CRA: Letter from LISC President to the Wall Street Journal 09/26/2008

LISC supports $10.2 million mixed-use property in South Providence 09/22/2008

LISC Receives $700,000 grant from The Home Depot Foundation for Hurricane Relief 09/22/2008

Community Organizing is at Heart of National Service, Underlies 15 Years of LISC/AmeriCorps Work 09/11/2008

LISC finances two extraordinary schools in Kansas City and Ohio 09/09/2008

LISC Names Experienced Banker, Community Advocate to Lead Mississippi Rebuilding Initiative 09/04/2008

Group Pushes Plan for Creating Sustainability 09/02/2008

Washington DC LISC to focus on Three Neighborhoods 08/29/2008

Starbucks and LISC to Help Revitalize Communities 08/15/2008

New “Green”� Supportive Housing Development Targets At-Risk Residents, Reaches Out to Homeless Vets 08/15/2008

Nearly $4 Billion to Restore Foreclosed Homes Included in Landmark Housing Bill 08/08/2008

Housing Credit Modernization Becomes Law 07/30/2008

Housing Stimulus Package to Stabilize Neighborhoods, Attract New Capital to Communities: LISC 07/26/2008

LISC MetroEdge Data Cited in Illinois Real Estate Journal Article on Chicago 07/23/2008

LISC's Research Cited in Foreclosure Article 07/23/2008

Super Bowl Bid Enhances Revitalization Efforts in Indianapolis Neighborhood 07/13/2008

Rural Housing Leader Recognized 07/07/2008

Extreme Makeover: Petersburg's Revitalization Plans Take Shape 07/03/2008

Duluth Heritage Sports Center Receives Grant from the Minnesota Vikings, the NFL and LISC 07/01/2008

Chicago LISC's Sr. Program Director named as member of the newly formed Knight Commission on the Information Needs of Communities in a Democracy 07/01/2008

Land Bank Could Help to Reclaim Vacant City Houses 06/26/2008

Oprah's Grant to LISC Helps Gulf Communities Recover 06/17/2008

House Bill Addresses Urgent Housing Credit Realities 06/16/2008

NeighborhoodsNOW Project Featured on Local Radio Show 06/04/2008

LISC/AmeriCorps Receives $1.27 Million for 150 New Members in Six States 05/11/2008

LISC Writes the Book on Green 05/05/2008

LISC Project Wins Washington Business Journal Award 04/28/2008

LISC Applauds Senate Housing Bill 04/14/2008

LISC Announces Release of the Green Rehab Guide for Multifamily Properties 03/31/2008

Nonprofit Developer Breaks Ground on $90MM Green Affordable Housing in La Quinta, Calif 03/20/2008

LISC, Fannie Mae and NAHRO Sponsor Rebuilding Effort in Mississippi 03/19/2008

Renaissance in Columbia Heights 03/16/2008

LISC Launches Green Development Center 03/05/2008

LISC Announces Major New Hires 02/26/2008

South Florida LISC Works With HUD and Local Residents to Preserve Affordable Housing in Miami 02/20/2008

LISC Reports $1.1 Billion in 2007 “Sustainable Communities”� Investments 02/11/2008

LISC officials named to the Federal Reserve Board's Consumer Advisory Council 01/21/2008

Bob Van Meter Named Head of Greater Boston LISC 01/21/2008

LISC and the Revisioning of Toledo 01/14/2008

Developers Apply Certain Design Features, Management Practices to Prevent, Minimize On-Site Crime 01/14/2008

NFL Report Highlights LISC Partnership 01/06/2008

LISC Announces Major Hire, Promotions 12/17/2007

National Football League Honored for $20 Million in Grants to Refurbish Neighborhood Football Fields 12/13/2007

Revitalizing Neighborhoods One at a Time 12/04/2007

LISC's Gerard Joab Noted in New Jersey Business magazine 11/14/2007

A Community-Police Partnership Transforms Olneyville, Rhode Island 11/13/2007

NEF development wins City of Seattle SeaGreen Award 10/17/2007

Nation's Leading Community Development Support Organization Names Three New Board Members 10/15/2007

LISC Wins Largest Award in Latest Round of New Markets Tax Credit Investment Authority 10/11/2007

President Clinton Praises LISC in his new book, Giving 09/25/2007

NLC and LISC Announce Partnership to Support America's Neighborhoods 09/24/2007

Three NEF developments named as finalists in 2007 Affordable Housing Finance Readers' Choice Awards 09/18/2007

LISC/NEF Reaches the $170MM Mark in GO Zone Investments 08/30/2007

NEF counts one winner, one finalist, in Buffalo's Brick by Brick Awards 08/23/2007

State Preschool Programs Overlooking Facility Needs 08/15/2007

Nation's Leading Community Development Support Organization Names Two New Board Members 08/14/2007

LISC Receives $500,000 Grant from The Home Depot Foundation 07/16/2007

From Vision to Reality: Irvington, New Jersey's Housing Boom 06/18/2007

SOLARA Affordable Housing Community Wins Tax Credit Excellence Award 06/18/2007

Major Gift Will Support Community Development Agenda of National Nonprofit 06/05/2007

Larisa Ortiz to Supervise LISC's Commercial Revitalization Efforts 05/23/2007

MacArthur Foundation unveils $26M in neighborhood grants 05/22/2007

Deborah Younger is New Detroit LISC Program Director 05/21/2007

LISC's Affiliate, The Community Development Trust, Names Chase’s Joe Reilly as New CEO 05/21/2007

Sub-Prime Mortgage Crisis Concerns LISC President Michael Rubinger 05/04/2007

Banker and Tradesman: Vincent O'Donnell talks about challenges of preserving affordable housing in Boston 04/27/2007

Affordable Housing Goes Green at Last 04/26/2007

New $47 Million Loan Fund Launched to Aid Housing Recovery in Louisiana 04/25/2007

LISC and NEF to invest $100 million in Louisiana 04/12/2007

Schools Bring Opportunity to Both Students and Communities 04/02/2007

Mission in Missippi: The 2007 Roofing Blitz 03/27/2007

CNN Profiles LISC Board Chairman Robert E. Rubin on the Paula Zahn Now Show 03/20/2007

Innovative Architecture: Community Development and Affordable Housing in Chicago 03/15/2007

Neal Peirce praises LISC's efforts towards Sustainable Communities 02/12/2007

Nation's Leading Community Development Support Organization Names Three New Board Members 01/29/2007

Inner-City Grocery Stores Show Gains All Around 01/23/2007

Chicago Leaders Gather to Celebrate Success of the New Communities Program 12/08/2006

Paul Tagliabue Praises Jacksonville LISC's Efforts to Revitalize Communities 12/07/2006

Ford Weber is New Virginia LISC Program Director 12/06/2006

Arts & Culture in the Corridors 11/13/2006

The Hunt for Housing: Living Above Libraries? 11/13/2006

Tahirih Ziegler is New Michigan LISC Program Director 11/03/2006

Heyward Watson Named New Chief Executive Officer of Impact Capital 11/03/2006

Mary Burkholder Named LISC Senior VP 11/03/2006

LISC AmeriCorps Volunteers Making a Difference in Mississippi 10/27/2006

Nation’s Leading Community Development Support Organization Names Four New Board Members 09/29/2006

Teresa Brice Named Head of Phoenix LISC 09/29/2006

Deanna Foster Named Head of Twin Cities LISC 09/21/2006

Shopping Centers Today: Worth a Second Look 08/30/2006

Senator Clinton Welcomes $585,000 in Federal Funds For Local Initiatives Support Corporation 08/29/2006

LISC's support to develop supermarkets and other retail in inner-cities highlighted 07/01/2006

Food, Markets, and Healthy Communities reprinted in Journal of Housing & Community Development 07/01/2006

New Fed Chairman Hails Community Development Efforts 06/13/2006

LISC Awarded $8.2 Million Grant to Support Charter School Financing Program 06/13/2006

LISC Wins $140 Million In "New Markets" Investment Authority 06/03/2006

LISC Announces Major Promotions 06/02/2006

Affordable Housing Finance cites LISC publication 06/01/2006

Citizens Financial Group donates $300,000 to LISC to help Hurricane Katrina evacuees settle and rebuild their lives 05/14/2006

Washington Business Journal: A Conversation with LISC's Oramenta Newsome 04/28/2006

The Providence Journal: Community Policing Guru Issues Warning 03/02/2006

Jan Kreamer To Receive National Award Presented By Partners For Livable Communities For Entrepreneurial Leadership 02/28/2006

Detroit Lions, LISC, Detroit Public Schools and Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick Participate in Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony for New Football Field at Renaissance High School 01/30/2006

New York Times: Luring Business Developers into Low-Income Areas 01/25/2006

Wall Street Journal: We Must Change Policy Direction 01/24/2006

LISC Affiliate NEF, Inc. Invests $632 Million in 2005 01/11/2006

Newsweek: King's Final Years 01/09/2006

LISC Adds Market Research Initiative to Arsenal of Community Development Tools 01/03/2006

Time to Build on Our Accomplishments 12/01/2005

LISC Honors 25 Community Developers Nationwide for Their Contributions to Neighborhood Revitalization 10/20/2005

LISC and KIPP Schools Partner to Bridge Facility Gap for Underserved Students 10/06/2005

Washington Post: A Quiet Partnership is Beating Blight 09/25/2005

LISC/NEF and Enterprise/ESIC Launch Community Recovery Fund to Redevelop Devastated Gulf Region 09/09/2005

LISC/NEF and One Economy Launch $1 Billion Initiative to Bridge the Digital Divide 08/08/2005

Federal Policies for Economic Development of Cities: The Speaker's Saving America's Cities Working Group 06/28/2005

LISC Stakes New Ground in Charter Schools 06/20/2005

First-of-Its-Kind Program to Help Cities Reclaim Abandoned Properties, Reverse Blight 06/15/2005

LISC Receives $750,000 Grant from Citigroup Foundation to Support Community Development in California 05/24/2005

Mayor Newsom and Other Bay Area Officials Meet Leaders in Commercial Revitalization at Urban Forum 2005 05/23/2005

Silver Salute at Ford Field with Guest Speaker NFL Commissioner Tagliabue Will Honor LISC's 25 Years 05/21/2005

LISC Commits Additional $300 Million to Preserve Affordable Housing 05/16/2005

LISC Receives $1.5 Million Grant from Wachovia Corporation to Support Community Development Efforts Nationwide 04/14/2005

Local Initiatives Support Corporation Releases Study on the Role of Nonprofit Organizations in the Mortgage Industry 04/11/2005

$7 Million in Grants, Loans to Support Green Affordable Housing Development 03/03/2005

Bank of America Announces $3 Million for Revitalizing Communities in San Diego and Across the Country 02/25/2005

$7.5 Million in New Markets Tax Credits Promote Rehab of Former Industrial Buildings in Milwaukee Suburb 02/15/2005

NFL, LISC and Jacksonville Jaguars Celebrate More Than $500,000 in Grants to Area Playing Fields 02/02/2005

NFL Grassroots Program Commits 2.5 Million to Build 16 Community Football Fields in 2005 12/29/2004

Testimony of Mathew Thall, Senior Program Director, Boston LISC 12/14/2004

LISC Promotes Elements of Good Housing Design in New Publication 12/13/2004