Boston Business Journal interviewed LISC Boston’s Executive Director Karen Kelleher alongside several other housing advocates on what Gov. Maura Healey's administration should prioritize. With so many possible initiatives, Kelleher recommends inviting diverse leaders to the table to develop an ambitious housing plan that centers racial equity.

DVM Consulting Corp recently closed with LISC on critical early stage financing to build affordable housing on five city-owned parcels near the intersection of Blue Hill Avenue and Fabyan Street in the Mattapan neighborhood in Boston.

Entrepreneurs Nikia Londy and Baron Langston saved their business and four of their retail neighbors from displacement, creating what they like to call the “first Black-owned block in Hyde Park.” As owners of Intriguing Hair, they purchased the building their store is in with subsidy from LISC and the City of Boston, and a below-market …