ImpactAlpha, February 14 — California has the largest homeless population in the US with over 180,000 people living in shelters, tents, cars, under …
The cost of addressing the challenges facing humanity today dwarfs the amount of money the world is putting into them. Climate change, accelerating …
ImpactAlpha, November 30 — Conscious Investment Management, a New South Wales-based impact fund manager, is seeking A$200 million ($132.4 million) for its second …
ImpactAlpha, August 14 — The Housing Impact Fund, managed by Ascent Housing, has raised $67 million to create and preserve 1,200 units of …
ImpactAlpha, April 11 — New housing stock is needed to alleviate the U.S. housing affordability crisis. Sacramento-based Blokable has raised $5.5 million for …
ImpactAlpha, February 6 — The median Black household in the U.S. has one-tenth the wealth of the median white household. Over the next …
ImpactAlpha, October 27 — Women-owned real estate impact firm MSquared is aiming to tackle the U.S. affordable housing crisis at the intersection of …
ImpactAlpha, October 18 — In cities like Atlanta, Los Angeles, Portland and Tulsa, local organizations are working with the nonprofit Trust Neighborhoods to …
ImpactAlpha, June 15 — Financial services giant Equitable is investing $15 million in L.A.-based SoLa Impact’s Black Impact Fund, which invests in affordable …
ImpactAlpha, April 20 — Oakland-based Kaiser Permanente is topping up the $200 million Thriving Communities Fund it launched in 2018 to respond to …
ImpactAlpha, March 28 — Austin-based Comunidad Partners has raised $300 million in equity commitments from U.S. pension funds, university endowments, foundations and family …
ImpactAlpha, Mar 2 — The California State Teachers’ Retirement System is backing L.A.-based SoLa Impact to invest in affordable housing in Black and …
ImpactAlpha, February 3 — Proceeds from the bond will finance the construction, rehabilitation and preservation of affordable housing properties for low- and moderate-income …
ImpactAlpha, November 3 — Los Angeles-based affordable housing developer, Lincoln Avenue Capital, has secured most of the common equity in the real estate …
ImpactAlpha, November 1 — Citi has issued a $1 billion bond to advance social impact in emerging markets. Proceeds from the bond will …
ImpactAlpha, August 17 — Federal affordability restrictions on more than 123,000 housing units expire this year; hundreds of thousands more expire over the …
ImpactAlpha, July 15 — Minneapolis-based U.S. Bank purchased the first $10 million for the bond, the first to be issued by a community …
ImpactAlpha, July 1 – The $229 million Enterprise Preservation Fund seeks to acquire and preserve $800 million in existing affordable and workforce rental …
ImpactAlpha, April 28 — Volunteers of America National Services, the housing and healthcare arm of nonprofit Volunteers of America, is raising $25 million to …
ImpactAlpha, April 14 — Green projects and e-mortgages could help tackle Mexico’s severe affordable housing shortage, create jobs and accelerate economic recovery, according …
ImpactAlpha, March 1 — The D.C. city government has a goal to add 36,000 new housing units by 2025. At least 12,000 of …
ImpactAlpha, January 13 — Black-run investment firm Lafayette Square invests in “communities that have been traditionally neglected by fiscal and monetary policy, not …
ImpactAlpha, January 7 — A quarter of American renters spend more than half of their income on housing. Morgan Stanley is investing $100 …
ImpactAlpha, December 9 — As many as 40 million Americans could lose their apartments in coming months due to the impact of the …
ImpactAlpha, February 6 – The Seattle metro area offers an object lesson in how tech wealth has fueled the U.S. housing affordability crisis. L.A.-based …
ImpactAlpha, Jan. 27 – Cincinnati-based Fifth Third Bank will invest a capital gains windfall in affordable and workforce housing and other community development …
ImpactAlpha, Dec. 4, 2019 – Real estate shapes our cities and neighborhoods. And capital shapes real estate. A new model that enables local …
Sen. Marco Rubio’s 11th-hour demand for a bigger child tax credit, along with other last-minute changes, makes clear that the U.S. tax bill …
Greetings ImpactAlpha readers! #Dealflow: Follow the Money Leapfrog, Accion back AllLife to expand insurance coverage in South Africa. South African insurer AllLife raised an …
The big takeaway from new benchmarks for impact investments in timber, real estate and infrastructure: find the best fund managers. Cambridge Associates and …
Kenya has a housing deficit of over two million units, and more than six in 10 urban Kenyans live in slums. Its Vision 2030 …
Urban.Us, a U.S. venture capital firm targeting the challenges of cities, opened its playbook for investing in housing startups. “The top 10 home …
The NOAH Impact Fund will acquire affordable housing in Hennepin County, which includes Minneapolis (but not St. Paul). The fund was launched last year …
Investments in affordable housing are generally pretty dry, or even boring. A recent wave of celebrity investors in affordable housing may help raise the …
Bremer Bank will Habitat for Humanity boost home ownership in Twin Cities. The St. Paul, Minn., community bank agreed to purchase and service 500 …
Turner Impact Capital sure loves celebrities. Actress Eva Longoria is an investor in its impact fund for affordable and workforce housing, while former …
Fewer than seven percent of adults in emerging economies have access to housing finance, according to the International Finance Corporation. The European Fund …
Housing has become a hot topic among impact investors (have a listen to ImpactAlpha’s podcast, “Sustainable Housing: What’s the Impact When Private Equity …
