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Tag: Public Policy

CDFI Leaders Speak at FHFA Duty to Serve Listening Session

On December 2, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) held one of four public listening sessions designed to gather input from the…

December 4, 2019

Events

Afternoon of Hill Visits Culminates in Evening Reception for CDFI Congressional Champions

On Tuesday, October 22, more than 100 Conference attendees donned their rain gear, grabbed packets of information about CDFIs, and headed across…

November 1, 2019

News

OFN Provides Testimony on Opportunity Zones at House Committee on Small Business Hearing

On October 17, OFN’s Chief External Affairs Officer Jennifer A. Vasiloff testified at a hearing before the House Committee on Small Business…

October 30, 2019

News

OFN President and CEO Lisa Mensah Advocates for CDFIs at Federal Reserve Listening Session

On October 4, OFN President and CEO Lisa Mensah joined Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, members of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors Michelle Bowman and Lael Brainard,…

October 9, 2019

News, Voices

Past, Present, and Future of CDFIs: Q&A with OFN’s Dafina Williams

Recently honored as one of Women in Housing & Finance’s “40 under 40,” OFN Vice President of Public Policy Dafina Williams has been quietly…

October 1, 2019

News

Senate Appropriations Committee Approves $251 Million for CDFI Fund in FY 2020

With just over a week until the end of fiscal year (FY) 2019, Congress has yet to finalize any of its spending bills to fund the federal government…

September 20, 2019

News

CDFI Fund Opens the 2019 round of New Markets Tax Credits

The CDFI Fund has released the Notice of Allocation Availability (NOAA) for the 2019 Calendar Year (CY) round of the New Markets…

September 4, 2019

News

OFN Member Awards $1.8 Million to Improve Healthy Food Access Nationwide

On August 27, Philadelphia-based OFN member Reinvestment Fund announced $1.8 million in financial and technical assistance awards to 23 projects through the Healthy Food Financing…

August 28, 2019

News

OFN Seeking Stories about Small Businesses Impacted by Predatory Lending practices

Has your organization recently seen an increase in small business owners looking to refinance from high-cost debt products? OFN is seeking stories…

August 8, 2019