What development finance tools can DFI help our community to implement?

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<p>The DFI team’s experience touches on a broad range of development finance tools that are designed to attract private investment into local community and economic development projects including:</p> targeted financing/incentive programs (Tax Increment Financing (TIF), Business Improvement Districts (BIDs)) tax credit financing (historic preservation, new markets, brown fields, low-income housing) loan funds (revolving loan funds, microenterprise loans, and innovative debt and equity hybrid products) secondary market and securitization programs (loan loss reserve funds) equity (individual investors, foundations, community development venture capital) federal grant programs (CDBG, HUD, EDA)

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