NeighborWorks Capital and National Equity Fund Announce LIHTC Equity Fund to Empower Partner Organizations
CHICAGO, April 16, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- NeighborWorks Capital, a national non-profit Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI), has partnered with National Equity Fund (NEF), a leading non-profit multi-family, affordable, real estate investment manager, to launch the NeighborWorks Capital Equity Fund. This first-of-its-kind equity fund will provide high-performing community-based non-profit organizations with a set of standardized, equitable Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) terms. The creation of this fund stems from NeighborWorks Capital's desire to provide NeighborWorks network organizations with access to equitable, consistent capital and NEF's aligned mission.
- CHICAGO, April 16, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- NeighborWorks Capital, a national non-profit Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI), has partnered with National Equity Fund (NEF), a leading non-profit multi-family, affordable, real estate investment manager, to launch the NeighborWorks Capital Equity Fund.
- The creation of this fund stems from NeighborWorks Capital's desire to provide NeighborWorks network organizations with access to equitable, consistent capital and NEF's aligned mission.
- "The idea to create a LIHTC fund for NeighborWorks organizations came from my time leading a syndication business," said Jim Peffley, CEO of NeighborWorks Capital.
- The NeighborWorks Capital Equity Fund allows us to provide partner organizations with LIHTC terms that will positively impact the development of more affordable housing across the country for families in need."