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An Expert-Led Guide to the CDFI Landscape: 5 Trends to Know
Community Development Financial Institutions have emerged as the “ultimate impact investment,” able to effectively tackle some of our most pressing challenges: the affordable housing crisis; the climate emergency; and persistent racial health, wealth, and opportunity gaps. That’s according to CDFIs and the Capital Markets: Trends in Investment & Impact Measurement, the third white paper in a series from Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) and the first in collaboration with Enterprise Community Partners.