Build the Physical Environment

A safe, affordable home is one of the basic requisites of life—a key to individual health and well-being, and the foundation for sustainable, economically vibrant and diverse neighborhoods.

Supportive housing duplexes in the East Bluff neighborhood

Single-family homes in the East Bluff neighborhood

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Housing is where LISC started. It is still the cornerstone of our mission, even as our vision has expanded to incorporate work to improve education, health, safety and economic growth in the places where we work. LISC helps make quality, affordable housing available to low-income and vulnerable residents—from seniors to veterans to the formerly homeless—in underserved communities.

We partner with private and non-profit developers to achieve our goals.

Strategies:

Partner with developers, government and Public Housing Authorities to generate affordable housing units in Central Illinois;
Provide loans, grants and equity investments for affordable housing projects;
Provide investment to small businesses, and;
Host symposium(s) and other learning venues to build awareness and educate the community on the economic benefits of affordable housing and to market LISC financial products.

Our Impact:

Central Illinois has invested $40M in Central Illinois leveraging $59M from public and private sources.

Created and preserved over 355 housing units
Developed 211,499 sq.ft. of retail, community, and education space
served 1400 residents through our wealth building initiative