LISC

Helping Neighbors Build Communities

Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) is the reason that NEF, Inc. exists today. The New York-based intermediary created NEF, Inc. as its tax-credit syndication arm in 1987 in an effort to deliver additional capital to CDCs focused on affordable housing development.

No one knew then what impact tax credits would have, or whether or not they would survive from one year to the next. The credits were just another tool at the disposal of the community development movement, and NEF, Inc. was the means by which those investments could be made.

While LISC grew into the preeminent community development intermediary in the country, NEF, Inc. became the nation’s largest nonprofit syndicator of low-income housing tax credits. Together, we have developed partnerships with local community organizations, for-profit developers, institutional investors, foundations and government agencies that have made a measurable difference in distressed urban neighborhoods and underserved rural areas. Together, LISC and NEF, Inc. are helping neighbors build communities.

LISC National Headquarters

501 Seventh Avenue
New York, NY, 10018
Phone:. (212) 455-9800
Fax: (212) 682-5929
Email: info@lisc.org

LISC Local Program Offices

Get contact information for these local program offices.

North East
Boston, MA
Buffalo, NY
Connecticut Statewide
Greater Newark & Jersey City, NJ
Hartford, CT
New York, NY
Philadelphia, PA
Rhode Island
Washington, DC

Midwest
Chicago, IL
Detroit, MI
Duluth, MN
Greater Cincinnati & Northern Kentucky
Greater Kansas City, MO
Indianapolis, IN
Michigan
Milwaukee, WI
Toledo, OH
Twin Cities, MN

South
Jacksonville, FL
Mid South Delta
South Florida
Virginia

West
Houston, TX
Los Angeles, CA
Phoenix, AZ
San Diego, CA
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Washington State

Featured Project: Seneca SRO

Seneca SRO

This $15 million project exemplifies both collaboration and creative financing that addresses a dire housing shortage in Buffalo, N.Y. Developed by two organizations with stellar track records -- DePaul Group and STEL -- in providing supportive housing for persons living with psychiatric disabilities and other special needs populations, the 75-unit Seneca SRO was built upon the former site of an asbestos-ridden bowling center, and it is one of the first projects to leverage tax credits and private debt with OMH funding.

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NEF has invested $6.4B of equity that has helped build 94,000 homes in 1,600 projects across America.

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