Affordable Housing
A safe, affordable home is one of the basic requisites of life and we strive to make quality, affordable housing available to low-income and vulnerable residents. LISC Bay Area partners with low-income communities of color to achieve their visions for healthy and sustainable neighborhoods of choice and opportunity. We resource entrepreneurs, churches, organizations, and local leaders so they have the ability to build and preserve their neighborhoods.
Our work brings more balance to the financial and housing sectors by serving as the connective tissue between communities and the capital, technical assistance, and partnerships they need to build and keep the places they cherish. Typical housing developers aren’t in conversation with banks, business owners, or the residents of a neighborhood. LISC Bay Area convenes all the stakeholders in a community, connecting them to each other and to the skills, knowledge, and networks they need to take a more holistic and impactful approach to community development.
The Faith and Housing program provides faith-based organizations in the San Francisco Bay Area with the skills and knowledge to explore the feasibility of developing affordable housing units on their land and supplies the resources to move projects forward.
Partnership for the Bay’s Future is one of the nation’s largest-ever private-sector housing funds with the goal of investing at least $500 million by the end of 2025 to produce, preserve, and protect affordable homes in the Bay Area.
The Catalyst Housing Fund provides financing for affordable housing developments within a fifteen-mile radius of Meta’s Menlo Park campus. The program prioritizes family housing and at least 60% of the units must be affordable for low income individuals and families.
LISC’s Housing Development Training Institute (HDTI) provides skills training and technical support to Community Development Corporations (CDCs) in their efforts to develop and preserve affordable housing in California.
National Equity Fund (NEF) helps connect affordable housing developers with private investors who are able to claim tax credits as a result of their investment. The fund’s mission is to create and deliver innovative, collaborative financial solutions to expand the creation and preservation of affordable housing.