Hartford Community Loan Fund

HCLF is a not-for-profit community development financial institution (CDFI) with a mission to provide and promote just and affordable financial services that benefit the low-wealth residents of Hartford.

We’ve facilitated more than $28 million of investments in the hopes and dreams of homeowners, community leaders, and entrepreneurs in Hartford’s neighborhoods.  

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Separated by Design: Why affordable housing is built in areas with high crime, few jobs and struggling schools

Since the mid-1980s, almost $2.2 billion in low-income housing tax credits have been awarded to construct 27,000 affordable housing units in the state. Just 10% were built in…

Federal tax-credit program could help finance Hartford grocery store

Connecticut nonprofits have seen a decade-long decline in state financial support, as lawmakers grapple with continued budget deficits. But some financiers and officials perceive…

North Hartford Needs a Grocery Store

As a person who lives in Clay Arsenal, works in the Northeast neighborhood and has a young child who recently was accepted to Capital Prep Magnet School, it’s clear to me that…