Transforming investment in communities

Welcome to the Center for Community Investment

The Center for Community Investment works to overcome disinvestment and improve opportunity so that everyone has a fair chance to lead a healthy and productive life.

At the Lincoln Institute

Land use and land policy are at the center of many challenges and solutions for communities working to foster more affordable housing, resilience in the face of climate change, and access to good jobs.

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Jan 16, 2019 Center for Community Investment

Annie Donovan Named CCI Senior Fellow

CCI is pleased to announce that Annie Donovan has joined as a Senior Fellow. Donovan has nearly 30 years experience connecting capital investment to distressed communities.

Jan 11, 2019 Alyia Gaskins

Hospital System Helps Housing Partners Unlock Capital

For years, the City of San Bernardino, the county housing authority, a nonprofit affordable housing developer called National CORE, and community residents worked to develop a plan to replace Waterman Gardens with high-quality affordable housing.

Jan 3, 2019 Center for Community Investment

Cityville: A Capital Absorption Story

Transforming communities into places of opportunity for everyone requires changing the policies and practices that affect how money flows into disinvested communities.