Cinnaire Recognized With DEI+B Excellence Award

Cinnaire has been named the 2024 recipient of the prestigious Lansing Regional Chamber of Commerce (LRCC) Diversity Star award. The award honors organizations that demonstrate a solid commitment to advancing equity and creating inclusive environments, champion efforts for diversity and equitable practices in the workplace and beyond, support underserved and underrepresented employees and communities and […]

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Climate United Awarded $6.97B Grant from National Clean Investment Fund 

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$2.5B to Support Greener Multi-Family Projects Through Cinnaire Partner Community Preservation Corporation   Cinnaire is thrilled to share the news that Climate United has been selected to receive nearly $7 billion of funding from the EPA’s Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF). Climate United is a CDFI coalition comprised of Community Preservation Corporation (CPC), Calvert Foundation and

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Advancing Communities Podcast: Asset Management With A&M – The Developer’s Perspective

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Cinnaire’s Advancing Communities Podcast includes a special asset management series called AM With A&M. Asset management experts April Priebe (A) and Miranda Bialk (M) bring together thought leaders, policy makers, and others to discuss issues, share strategies and provide resources to professionals working in the field of asset management (AM). In this month’s podcast, April

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Policy Pulse – March 2024

This Edition of Policy Pulse provides updates on major developments at the federal level that could have significant impacts on affordable housing and community development.  Read about: the tax package with major housing credit remains stalled, federal spending legislation providing funding for HUD and USDA programs, and state and local policy innovations. Click here to

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Cinnaire Announces Key Leadership Promotions

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Jennifer Everhart Named Chief Impact Officer; Donsia Strong Hill Named Executive Vice President of Equitable Engagement & Impact Strategies; and Ryan Robinson, President, Cinnaire Syndication Cinnaire announced the promotion of several team members to key new leadership positions in alignment with the organization’s long term strategic plan. These new executive level positions will support Cinnaire’s

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Ubuntu Fund Secures $55 Million Investment from Prominent Financial Institutions to Create Pathways for Equitable Access

Cinnaire has announced the closing of the $55 million Ubuntu Fund, an equitable access fund developed to support affordable housing development with underinvested developers in the Midwest region. The creation of this fund was made possible through the investments of leading financial institutions – JPMorgan Chase, PNC Bank, KeyBank, and Fifth Third Bank. The fund

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Cinnaire Supports CARH Scholarship Foundation

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The Council for Affordable and Rural Housing (CARH) serves stakeholders in the affordable housing industry and works to ensure low-income residents of rural America have access to safe, reliable and affordable housing. Cinnaire recently announced a $20,000 donation supporting the CARH Scholarship Foundation, a program providing college scholarships to students who reside in CARH-member properties.

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Cinnaire Celebrates MLK Day with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Commission of Mid-Michigan

Cinnaire was proud to join our partners from the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Commission of Mid-Michigan to host the 39th Annual MLK Day of Celebration at the Lansing Center. The event, one of the largest and longest running celebrations in the country, featured keynote speaker Ruby Bridges, a civil rights advocate, along with gospel

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Fifth Third Bank Loan Opens Doors for Cinnaire’s Community Development Work in IL, MI

Cinnaire Lending Corporation (CLC), a certified Community Development Financial Institution has been awarded a $5 million Equity Equivalent investment, or EQ2, from Fifth Third Bank. Cinnaire Lending will leverage Fifth Third’s $5 million commitment to provide financing to developers for the rehabilitation and construction of affordable for-sale homes, multifamily housing and community facilities in Illinois

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Policy Pulse – January 2024

This Special Edition of Policy Pulse provides updates on major developments at the federal level that could have significant impacts on affordable housing and community development.  Congress is debating stopgap spending bills to avoid Jan. 19 shutdown of federal agencies, including HUD. LIHTC Housing Credit Resources proposed for inclusion in bipartisan tax package, estimated to

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WE Build Program Launches to Foster Growth in Detroit Women Developers

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Historically, women have faced barriers to success in the commercial real estate development industry. Cinnaire, in collaboration with the Women’s Sustainable Development Initiative (WSDI), is addressing those barriers with the launch of the Women Empowered to Build (WE Build) Program in Detroit. This pioneering initiative is a yearlong free training and mentoring program kicking off

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