By Kate Foran - “We had, you might say, a natural inclination to like each other,” says attorney Bill Breetz of his friendship with the late activist Butch Lewis. The affinity these Hartford mainstays shared is an example of the deep and broad connection…d countless community development efforts in Hartford… Both men came to Hartford in the 1960s and continued to experience rac… I joined a legal services program in Hartford https://www.hartfordloans.org/who-we-are/our-borrowers-and-partners/butch-lewis-and-bill-breetz-hartford-bridge-builders
Hartford Community Loan Fund (HCLF) announced it received a $2 million award from the U.S. Department of Treasury's Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Fund to support HCLF’s housing rehab lending and technical assistance programs. Hartford Community Loan Fund … affordable housing options in Hartford…ur investments in the newly designated north Hartford Promise Zone…spur new economic and housing investments in Hartford https://www.hartfordloans.org/who-we-are/latest-news/cdfi-fund-award-hclf
In March 2013, the Hartford City Council appointed a Tax Lien Task Force to assess the City's practice of selling outstanding real estate tax liens to outside investors--as practice which has resulted in an increasing number of foreclosures in Hartford ne… the Hartford City Council appointed a Tax Lien Task Force…d in an increasing number of foreclosures in Hartford neighborhoods. The five… Map of Tax Liens in the North Hartford Promise Zone held by Propel Financial Servic https://www.hartfordloans.org/what-we-do/policy-initiatives/tax-lien-foreclosure-prevention
Among cities its size (100,000 – 250,000), a 2012 study by the CDFI Fund ranked Hartford as the 8th worst in the country for providing access to healthy and affordable food. The City’s Community Health Needs Assessment report completed the same year ident…The Healthy Hartford Hub Creating Access to Healthy…fordable Food and Better Health Outcomes for Hartford residents North Hartford Needs a Grocery S https://www.hartfordloans.org/what-we-do/policy-initiatives/healthy-foods-financing
Loan by loan, the Hartford Community Loan Fund (HCLF) improves the neighborhoods of Connecticut’s capital city. Though local and small-scale, HCLF is part of the larger story of Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs), a network of financial … the Hartford Community Loan Fund …just financial services. Though its focus is Hartford…vision continues in his adopted state at the Hartford Community Loan Fund https://www.hartfordloans.org/who-we-are/latest-news/community-capital-created-connecticut
Dwight Teal, born and raised in Hartford’s northend, rendered the Hartford skyline in HCLF’s new logo. “I tried to represent Hartford’s most iconic buildings,” says Teal, “I love architecture, and I often go up to the roof of the [Connecticut]… was born and raised in Hartford…'s northend and rendered the Hartford skyline in the new logo. …I tried to represent Hartford…I tried to represent Hartford https://www.hartfordloans.org/who-we-are/latest-news/city-skyline-new-logo-rendered-northend-resident
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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 a potential bright spot, at least for nonprofits trying to put together fin… https://www.hartfordloans.org/who-we-are/latest-news/federal-tax-credit-program-could-help-finance-hartford-grocery-store
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 income communities or non-white neighborhoods.and now live in a low income neighborhood in Hartford https://www.hartfordloans.org/who-we-are/latest-news/community-reinvestment-act-cra
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