What We Do
LISC takes a comprehensive approach to community development that addresses six keys to creating a thriving community for those who live and work in underserved neighborhoods:
- Expanding investment in housing and other real estate
- Increasing family income and wealth
- Stimulating local and regional economic activity
- Improving access to quality education
- Fostering livable, safe and healthy environments
- Strengthening community leadership and engagement
As part of our mission to help residents and community-based development organizations transform distressed communities into healthy sustainable ones, LISC takes a multi-pronged approach focusing on key levers to impact communities and families.
LISC Houston Programs
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Our work to build stronger, more sustainable communities is guided by a larger vision of community development.
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LISC creates accessible opportunities through integrated strategies that develop people, places and businesses.
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Drawing on best practices and expertise to enhance the capacity of local non-profit agencies to develop affordable housing.
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Supporting an investment strategy in local development by providing loans, lines of credit, grants and recoverable grants, and equity investments to CDCs, nonprofits and mission driven for-profit developers in the greater Houston area.
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Influencing critical conversations at the local level and advocating for redevelopment policies that align with best practices in sustainable community development.