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 $40 million of investments in the hopes and dreams of homeowners, community leaders, and entrepreneurs in Connecticut’s neighborhoods.  

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Developer, loan fund working together to bring grocery store to Hartford to serve downtown, city’s northern neighborhoods

Serious Threat to Community Reinvestment Act

The Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) was landmark legislation passed in 1977 to help address decades of redlining by banks which had avoided providing financial services in low…

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…