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COVID-19 Special Series Podcast: Addressing the Challenges Facing Affordable Housing Developers, Managers & Lenders

In this COVID-19 Special Series episode of Advancing Communities Podcast, Cinnaire CSO Jim Peffley talks with Steve Spears, CFO of Mercy Housing, a national nonprofit developer, manager, and lender of affordable housing properties. Jim and Steve discuss the challenges diverse organizations like Mercy Housing face and how they are navigating through the COVID-19 crisis. This timely […]

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CDFI Continuity & COVID-19: Watch the Webinar Recording

In this informative CDFI Continuity & COVID-19 Webinar, five experienced CDFI leaders candidly share their strategies, best practices and experience on navigating and learning through COVID-19. View the webinar and learn their front line perspectives on: Experiences they are addressing with the crisis as leaders in the industry Perspectives on what they each learned from

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COVID-19 Special Series Podcast: Affordable Housing Managers Address the Serious Challenges the Crisis Presents

COVID-19 has created many challenges for affordable housing owners, managers, and tenants. In this Special Series episode of Advancing Communities Podcast, Cinnaire CSO Jim Peffley digs deep into some of these challenges with Paul Spencer, President & CEO, KMG Prestige and Dana Hanchin, President & CEO, HDC MidAtlantic, who each lead companies managing affordable apartment communities.

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Cinnaire/CDFI Friendly America – Free Webinar, Thursday, April 16

CDFI Continuity & COVID-19 Navigating & Learning this Uncharted Territory CDFIs are resilient, with decades of experience lending in all economic conditions. Our experience navigating the economic repercussions of the 2008 recession make CDFIs uniquely positioned to provide leadership and expertise to the communities we serve. In the face of the COVID-19 crisis and all

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Lessons Learned from the 2008 Housing Crisis: Listen. Plan. Navigate. Rest. Repeat.

Over the last few weeks as Cinnaire’s leadership team has been managing through the challenges presented almost daily with the COVID 19 crisis, I’m repeatedly drawn to the fact that we are living through an unprecedented milestone in history.  It is challenging professionally and personally for each of us. It has also caused me to reflect

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Advancing Communities Podcast – The COVID-19 Crisis: How Housing & Community Development Fit into Washington’s Policy Response

The COVID-19 outbreak has resulted in a dramatic and unprecedented policy response from Washington. What does this response mean for affordable housing and community development? In this episode, Cinnaire CSO Jim Peffley is joined by a panel of national community development policy advocates — Jennifer Vasiloff, Chief External Affairs Officer at Opportunity Finance Network (OFN); Shannon Ross,

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Advancing Communities Podcast – The COVID-19 Crisis: What it means for the Community Development and Affordable Housing Industries

Join Cinnaire CSO Jim Peffley and longtime CDFI industry leaders Adina Abramowitz and Mark Pinsky for this extremely relevant discussion on the COVID 19 pandemic and early thoughts regarding how it is impacting the affordable housing and community development industries. Jim, Adina and Mark discuss the latest developments and share perspective on: Strategies on how

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Cinnaire Implements Remote Work Plan for All Staff in Response to COVID-19 Virus

At Cinnaire, our first and foremost priority is the health and safety of our employees, partners and the communities we serve. After assessing the impact and spread of the coronavirus, coupled with the World Health Organization announcement that the virus is now a pandemic, Cinnaire’s leadership made a decision on 3/11 to direct all staff to work remotely,

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