CDFA is excited to offer our Intro and Advanced Tax Increment Finance Courses in the same week. This opportunity is perfect for professionals who want an in-depth look at TIF deal-making and best practices into focus and support the entire TIF community. Join us November 18-19 & November 20—register today!

Applications for NCUA's Community Developing Revolving Loan Fund (CDRLF) grants are now open through December 16, 2025. The fund will award approximately $3.465 million to between 85 and 115 low-income designated (LID) credit unions, according to the agency's Notice of Funding Opportunity.

The 2025 Caren S. Franzini Fellowship class prepared a white paper summarizing their research examining the potential of blended capital to finance the revitalization of commercial corridors in underserved neighborhoods. This paper presents evidence-based best practices to combine public, private, and philanthropic capital in ways that reduce risk and make impactful community revitalization projects financeable. The Fellows presented their research at the 2025 National Development Finance Summit in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

In a rare show of bipartisan cooperation, the Senate has passed one of the most far-reaching housing measures in years — a 315-page package that combines 27 previously separate bills and touches nearly every corner of the U.S. housing market. The measure, known as the Renewing Opportunity in the American Dream (ROAD) to Housing Act of 2025, advanced through the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee in July with overwhelming support.

The New Mexico Finance Authority announced that the authority has already approved more than one-third of $125 million in housing-related loans, which were a key part of the Legislature's "historic" housing spending in 2024. The fund offers low-interest loans for middle-income housing or affordable housing infrastructure.

Belpointe OZ has secured a $204.1 million refinancing note for Aster & Links, a 424-unit, Class A property in Sarasota, FL. Affinius Capital issued the funds in a deal arranged by Lantern Real Estate Advisors + Partners Co-Founder Tal Bar-or. Part of this loan retired existing debt, which, according to Yardi Matrix data, took the form of a $130 million construction note issued by Bank OZK in 2023. Belpointe will utilize the remaining proceeds for lease-up and stabilization of the newly completed community.

A new revolving loan fund aimed at prioritizing mixed-income housing would allow the city to negotiate with developers to offer more affordable units and even get some projects over the finish line. The Bethlehem City Council unanimously approved a $12,000 contract with the Center for Public Enterprise out of Brooklyn, New York, to help with designing and implementing such a fund.

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