June 2009

• CDFIs Receive $90M in Federal Financial Assistance Awards

  Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner has announced $90 million in financial assistance awards for 59 Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) in 26 states and Puerto Rico geared to help communities hard hit by the economic crisis. These awards will support new economic recovery projects in some of our nation’s most vulnerable communities. more

• Harvard’s Joint Center Weighs in on State of the Nation’s Housing

  Harvard’s Joint Center for Housing Studies released its 2009 “State of the Nation’s Housing” report. The report acknowledges the depressed state of the housing market despite “unprecedented” federal efforts to jumpstart the economy and help homeowners keep up with their mortgage payments, and reports that any recovery will likely be slow moving. more

• NHI/Shelterforce Is On Facebook

  We’ve been here a while, but this is a great venue for one-stop shopping for national and industry news from National Housing Institute’s home page, as well as the latest from Shelterforce and Rooflines—NHI’s blog that attracts practitioners, CEOs, executive directors, foundations, journalists, advocates, and more. more