Community Investments Newsletter

Volume 12; No. 1; May 2000

• Cover (PDF - 158KB)
• Editor's Notebook (PDF - 110KB)
  Where is the spirit of CRA?
• National Housing Development Corporation (PDF - 23KB)
  Creating and maintaining affordable housing remains one of the greatest challenges facing community development professionals. Learn about the efforts of a new nonprofit focused on preserving affordable housing.
  -by Kathy Kenny and John Trauth
• Equity Capital Creates Rural Jobs (PDF - 296KB)
  Read about one intermediary's approach to providing rural businesses with unsecured risk capital and how it compares to other equity and venture capital instruments.
  -by David Kleiber, Loan Officer, Cascadia
• CRA Leadership Council Members (PDF - 102KB)
  Local councils established by the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. Review a list of the 2000-1 Leadership Council members for your state.
• Sovereign Lending (PDF - 267KB)
  A discussion of lessons learned by the Fed's sovereign lending task forces and how they are fostering increased housing and lending opportunities on Native American reservations.
  -by Craig Nolte, Community Investment Advisor, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
• Affordable Multifamily Mortgage Risk - One Lending Consortium's 10-Year History (PDF - 250KB)
  A look at CCRC's exceptional 10-year record of financing 7,500 affordable housing units. What they have learned, where they go from here and what you can learn.
  -by Mary Kaiser, President, California Community Reinvestment Corporation
    and George H. Vine, Principal, Vine & Associates
• District Bulletin (PDF - 333KB)

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