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LISC and Coalition Partners Awarded $2 Billion via National Clean Investment Fund
LISC is one of five organizations leading Power Forward Communities, a new coalition investing in green housing and jobs to support economic opportunity and climate resilience. Today, the EPA awarded the coalition $2 billion to implement a decarbonization strategy that also lifts up under-resourced communities—making housing more affordable, mitiga [...]
EPA Awards GRID Alternatives Solar for All Grant
LISC partner GRID Alternatives has been awarded a $249,800,000 Solar for All grant from the EPA to advance renewable and clean energy sources for affordable housing communities across the country. “The grant is an incredible boon to the movement to decarbonize homes and lower energy costs that burden millions of everyday Americans,” said Michael T. Pugh, president and CEO of LISC.
LISC and The Allstate Foundation Launch Disaster Resiliency Program to Address Needs of Underserved Houston Communities
Extreme weather events can cause devastating property damage and economic loss. With a $500,000 grant from The Allstate Foundation, LISC will help six Houston nonprofit organizations better manage the impact of natural disasters on vulnerable communities—and help protect the regional economy in the process.
LISC & Enterprise to Launch New Book on Community Development & Climate Resilience
Next month, LISC and Enterprise Community Partners will release “What’s Possible: Investing NOW for Prosperous, Sustainable Neighborhoods,” an urgent collection of essays on the intersection of community development and climate resilience.
LISC Recognized as a 2023 “Gamechanger to Watch” by CohnReznick
LISC has been named a Gamechanger to Watch by CohnReznick in their second annual Gamechangers in ESG Awards program. LISC is one of seven organizations receiving this designation under the program, which recognizes U.S.-based organizations that are embracing environmental, social and governance principles to drive positive change.
LISC, Enterprise + New York Fed to Publish Book on Community Development and Climate Change
What’s Possible: Investing NOW for Prosperous, Sustainable Neighborhoods, due out in early 2024, will be a comprehensive collection of essays by experts dissecting the multiple challenges to communities on the frontlines of climate change – and how our sector can help those communities build resiliency. “When we develop climate solutions that respond to long-standing inequities, we can build a stronger, healthier, future for tens of millions of people and better protect the planet,” noted Michael T. Pugh, LISC CEO
LISC, in Partnership with Four National Nonprofits, Proposes Plan for Making Greenhouse Gas Reduction a Reality
LISC has joined forces with Enterprise, Habitat for Humanity, United Way and Rewiring America to propose deploying $9.5 billion of the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund’s National Clean Investment Fund. If awarded the grant, the partnership, known as Power Forward, will work with 156 communities across the country to decarbonize homes and help transform the housing market, reinvest in communities and tackle the climate crisis as part of the process.