Article: Lenders Scramble for Ways to Fund Affordable Housing Loans.(Affordable Housing)

Byline: Amilda Dymi

CHICAGO-In times of limited financing resources some of the largest banks are using federal tax credits, grants and other innovative tools to fund affordable housing development and help sustain this vulnerable segment of the mortgage marketplace.

Treasury secretary Tim Geithner and Donna Gambrell, director of Treasury's Community Development Financial Institutions Fund, awarded NCB Capital Impact $90 million in NMTC allocations for the development of projects in low-income communities across the nation during an event at a job training center here that benefited from NMTC funding.

The stated goal is "to spur private-sector ...

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