Community Reinvestment
Summer 1996

Doing the Undoable Deals:
A Resource Guide to Financing Housing and Economic Development

Table of Contents

A Map for the Maze
A guide to finding your way through the maze of financial enhancements can help "undoable" deals get done in a changing environment.

Development Finance: Doing the Undoable Deals
Many projects that are viewed as ineligible for financing may actually be bankable provided the parties involved take advantage of available financial and managerial assistance programs.

Development Resources
Financial enhancements for housing and commercial development, with a description of each type of program.

Tax Credits
Rent Supplements
Tax Abatements
Interest Rate Subsidies
Equity Grants
Loan Guarantees
Subordinated Mortgages
Technical Assistance
Maturity-Linked Funding
Secondary Markets
Additional Resources

Contacts for Enhancements - includes weblinks, addresses and telephone numbers.

Agency and Program Index

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