Boston's Dudley Village, a 50-unit affordable housing project, was recently featured as a "Best Urban Development Project" finalist in Affordable Housing Finance's supplement issue, Housing for All Americans: The Best Affordable Housing Developments of 2007-2008. The project was developed by Dorchester Bay Economic Development Corp, with funding from Boston LISC and LISC's national Community Safety Initiative program. For the neighborhood, the project represents a major public safety win... More[+]... |
LISC affiliate National Equity Fund, Inc. (NEF), a $6.4 billion organization that funds affordable housing projects through federal and state tax credits, is cited in Business Week for its work with One Economy Corporation, a nonprofit organization working to deliver technology and information tools to low-income families. With the help of NEF funding, broadband connections are made accessible to low-income families in inner city neighborhoods like New York City's Harlem, by leveraging the same funding mechanisms used to build affordable housing. More[+]... |
