The U.S. Department and Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service jointly issues Opportunity Zone guidance on April 6, 2026. This guidance was required to be released per the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, and identifies all eligible census tracts...

The U.S. Department of Treasury publishes official OZ guidance through the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). The IRS houses these official documents on their website, and provides a plethora of information for all stages of the OZ investment process.

Following passage of the One Big, Beautiful Bill Act, which lowered the bond-financing threshold for 4% Housing Credits from 50% to 25%, the Affordable Housing Tax Credit Coalition (AHTCC) has released recommended practices to guide state and local...

The following energy lending guidance and tools were developed for the HPN CDFI Readiness Cohort, which helped eight Community Development Finance Institutions create strategies to launch and expand clean energy business lending programs by...

Most low- to moderate-income households in North America must contend with the critical shortage in medium-density housing. Since the mid-1940s, American cities have been emblematic of low- and high-density developments with little in-between. The...

The BEA Program awards FDIC-insured depository institutions for increasing their support of CDFIs and advancing their community development activities in the most distressed communities.

The federal Business Energy Investment Tax Credit (ITC) allows eligible users to claim up to 30% of expenditures for energy projects.

The Capital Magnet Fund offers competitively awarded grants to finance affordable housing solutions and community revitalization efforts that benefit low-income people and communities nationwide.

The CDFI Bond Guarantee Program makes debt available to CDFIs from the Federal Financing Bank. The loans provide long-term capital not previously available to CDFIs, and inject new and substantial investment into our nation's most distressed...

The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Act; Pub. L. 116-260) provided $1.25 billion to the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund) to award Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) with grants to deliver...

The Federal Financing Reference Guide is the most comprehensive resource available for assessing federal economic development financing programs. This printed guide gives an overview of each federal economic development financing program available...