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Biden Administration Proposes Major Investments in Affordable Housing

On September 1, the Biden Administration rolled out a series of programmatic announcements to increase the supply of affordable housing. The White…

September 14, 2021

News

Announcing Latest OFN Member CDFIs to Receive Google Funding

OFN is pleased to announce the latest round of Grow with Google Small Business Fund loans and Google.org-funded grants to member CDFIs…

September 14, 2021

News

$5 Billion in New Markets Tax Credit Allocations Announced

On September 1, the CDFI Fund announced $5 billion in New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) allocations through the Calendar Year 2020 allocation…

September 13, 2021

News

Aspen Institute, St. Louis Fed Release ‘Future of Building Wealth’ Book Featuring Essay by OFN

The Aspen Institute Financial Security Program in partnership with the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis has released a digital book called…

September 9, 2021

News

OFN Applauds Release of Long-Awaited Small Business Data Collection Rule

After more than a decade since the passage of the Dodd-Frank financial reform legislation, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) finally put…

September 1, 2021

News

Congress Moves on Historic Infrastructure Packages

Written by Mary Scott Hardwick & JK Phenix Over the last several months, Congress and the Biden Administration have been laying the groundwork to…

August 26, 2021

Events, News

Help Spread the Word About the 2021 OFN Conference!

August 24, 2021

News

OFN Exceeds $40 Million in Finance Justice Capital Deployed to Member CDFIs

OFN is pleased to announce the latest recipients of Finance Justice Fund loans and grants. Since February, OFN has committed more than…

August 12, 2021

Events, News

Nominations Open for 2021 Ned Gramlich Lifetime Achievement Award for Responsible Finance

In 2007, OFN established the Ned Gramlich Lifetime Achievement Award for Responsible Finance in memory of former board member and former Federal…

August 12, 2021