Incentive zoning is a planning tool that local governments use to entice developers to provide a public good by offering incentives. The incentives seek to offset the cost to developers of the public goods. In this issue brief the authors describe...

Bob Pennington and Chuck Ellingsworth with Raymond James gave an overview of a market update, the higher education sector, public universities, private college credit analysis, and the Raymond James USDA Team. Various case studies were presented as...

Chris Collins with the Office of Rural Health and Community Care details current rural health trends, reform, and national outlook. She discusses population, access, quality, payment, risks, and opportunities.

Jared Heim, CPA, Partner of Eide Bailly discussed the capital planning process, understanding the market and financing options, the importance of a site visit and feasibility studies, and debt capacity analysis.

Frank Swinehart and Mike Donahue with Quorum Health Resources elaborated upon the rural healthcare trends, including ACA.

Jerry Swacki with Kevin Laidlaw from Lancaster Pollard discussed financing options for healthcare projects in rural America.

Julian D. Bobbitt, Jr. from Smith Anderson discussed Accountable Care Organizations. He provided possible initiatives, rural ACO successes, and elements and definitions of ACOs.

This edition of the GIIN and J.P. Morgan annual impact investor survey reveals a growing global market, with impact investments being made across all geographies and a range of sectors. In its fifth year, the survey continues to provide detailed...

Natalie Wabich, Vice President with Raymond James spoke about the tools used to finance healthcare by discussing healthcare market updates, credit and debt capacity, debt structure, and the public market underwriting process.

Terence McGhee, Regional Coordinator, with the USDA spoke about the types of projects that fall under the Community Facility Programs. He also explained two case study examples.

Bob Pennington, Managing Director with Raymond James, discussed his role on the USDA banking team at Raymond James. The role is to assist an owner with a USDA application phase, secure funding and underwrite or privately place the debt for the...

Toby Rittner presents on CDFA and the role foundations can play in development finance.

The Kresge Foundation, Initiative for Responsible Investment, and Strategy Lift present on collaborative impact investments.

This OECD report provides a framework for assessing the social impact investment market and focuses on the need to build the evidence base. The report highlights the importance of further international collaborations in developing global standards...

This study from Partnership for Sustainable Communities highlights the Indianapolis Cultural Trails and the successful efforts to increase brownfield redevelopment along the trail and encompassing neighborhoods. The city utilized an EPA assessment...

This study from Partnership for Sustainable Communities examines the Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail that included 18 brownfield site assessment in the underserved communities along the trail. The project utilized a collaborative...

This guide to HUD, DOT, EPA, and USDA programs highlights federal resources rural communities can use to promote economic competitiveness, protect healthy environments, and enhance quality of life.

SSBCI staff facilitated the creation of a working group focused on SSBCI in underserved markets. This report summarizes the observations of the working group as to both common and unique approaches taken by state SSBCI programs in addressing their...

Louis Berra with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development presents on community planning and development programs offered through the Office of Economic Development (OED).

The 2013‐2014 Annual Action Plan for the City of Battle Creek, Michigan, outlines the City’s proposed course of action over 2013-2014 to address housing, neighborhood suitability and economic opportunities by using funds from the CDBG and HOME...

Lancaster Pollard created this case study to showcase the innovated financial structuring of a 50-unit affordable housing complex which incorporated Low Income Housing Tax Credits, Tax-Exempt Bonds, an FHA pilot program, and a bridge loan.

Jane Vincent with the U.S Department of Housing and Urban Development reviews a number of financing tools and current topics such as Sequestration & Continuing Resolution, HUD Efforts to Support Stakeholders, FHA Financing, Rental Assistance...

The CDFI Fund‘s Capacity Building Initiative for Financing Healthy Food Options track was created to prepare community development financial institutions (CDFIs) to effectively deploy financial resources to healthy food projects benefitting...

Developed by the Illinois Housing Development Authority for the The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the 2010-2014 Consolidated Report fulfills a condition for funding under seventeen (17) HUD-funded programs. The State of...

The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco released the first issue in 2013 of the Community Development Investment Review. This issue focuses on successful, performance driven financing tools to promote community development. A variety of the best...

The California Financial Opportunities Roundtable (CalFOR) created this document encompassing all the access to capital financing tools available in California. CalFOR identified opportunities and developed recommendations for leveraging existing...

Bond resolution for the Betmar Village Senior Housing development in Atlanta, GA by National Church Residences.

The Champaign County Regional Planning Commission created this brochure to provide overview information on the Community Development Assistance Program and Community Services Block Grant revolving loan funds for businesses.

Two partnering hospitals received state and federal assistance to convert a brownfield to a new cancer-treatment center, as presented in this case study from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The paper provides a detailed review of the...

This guide to Federal programs is intended to help communities identify resources available to support their efforts to promote livable and sustainable communities.

Steven Spinner of the U.S. Department of Energy gives a presentation about the Loan Guarantee Program.

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has identified 254 federal programs that provide services to support the business sector. This report highlights these programs and distinguishes them by agency and highlights the programs available. ...

This is the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's strategic plan. The plan outlines the agencies goals and objectives and how it will achieve them by 2011 with measured results.

The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) produces a catalog of their programs. This is their catalog from 2006.

This article examines moral obligation secured bonds.

HUD's RC/EZ Initiative offers residents and businesses in 40 urban and rural Renewal Communities and 8 Enterprize Zones the opportunity to us an $11 billion tax-incentive package to open new businesses, provide new jobs, and rehabilitate and build...