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10/23/2024

U.S. Department of the Treasury Announces Awards to Support Development of 26,400 Affordable Housing Units | U.…

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U.S. Department of the Treasury Announces Awards to Support
Development of 26,400 Affordable Housing Units
October 23, 2024

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Community Development Financial
Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund) today awarded 48 organizations $246.4 million for the
development of a ordable housing and community facilities serving low-income, families and
communities that need additional investment. These awards were made through the fiscal
year (FY) 2024 round of the Capital Magnet Fund (CMF). The awards will support financing for
the preservation, rehabilitation, development, or purchase of a ordable housing, as well as
related economic development facilities, including day care centers, workforce development
centers, and health care clinics.
“Todayʼs awards will increase a ordable housing supply and expand access to child care and
health care for families across America,” said Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen.
“These awards are projected to leverage nearly $9 billion in private and public sector
resources to spur development in communities that need additional investment to create
opportunities for communities to get ahead.”
Award recipients are required to leverage their awards with other private and public
investment by at least 10 to one, todayʼs awardees anticipate that they will leverage more
than $6.8 billion in private investment.
The 48 awardees will collectively serve 50 states, the District of Columbia, Guam, and Puerto
Rico. In all, 25 awardees (52% of the total awardees) plan to invest a portion of their award
dollars in rural areas, with 12 of those organizations planning to invest at least one-fourth of
their award dollars in rural areas. Of the total awardees, 25 are Community Development
Financial Institutions (CDFIs) and 23 are nonprofit housing organizations. The awardees were
selected pursuant to a competitive review of Applications submitted from 136 organizations
that requested more than $1.06 billion from the FY 2024 Capital Magnet Fund round.

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U.S. Department of the Treasury Announces Awards to Support Development of 26,400 Affordable Housing Units | U.…

This announcement will result in more than 26,400 a ordable housing units, including more
than 25,600 rental units and more than 750 homeownership units. Since its establishment by
the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008, the Capital Magnet Fund has created over
63,000 a ordable homes, including more than 55,600 rental housing units and 7,400
homeowner-occupied units.
Since its creation in 1994, the CDFI Fund has awarded more than $8 billion to CDFIs,
community development organizations, and financial institutions through: the Bank
Enterprise Award Program; the Capital Magnet Fund; the CDFI Rapid Response Program; the
Community Development Financial Institutions Program, including the Healthy Food Financing
Initiative; the Economic Mobility Corps; the Financial Education and Counseling Pilot Program;
the Native American CDFI Assistance Program; and CDFI Equitable Recovery Program. In
addition, the CDFI Fund has allocated $81 billion in tax credit allocation authority to
Community Development Entities through the New Markets Tax Credit Program, and
guaranteed bonds for nearly $3 billion through the CDFI Bond Guarantee Program.
See the FY 2024 Capital Magnet Fund Award book and list of recipients here.
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