Hope for Louisville Families
Sisters of Charity of Nazareth recently presented a low-interest social impact loan to a Louisville, Kentucky nonprofit that is empowering people in the city's underserved communities to become homeowners and small business owners. It is an organization known as LHOME, and the loan is part of the Sisters’ commitment to partner with others working to empower families, including individuals and families in underserved areas. LHOME which stands for The Louisville Housing Opportunities and MicroEnterprise is a community development
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loan fund located in Louisville. LHOME was formed by two nonprofit organizations that were concerned about how under-invested Louisville was, and continues to be, in CDFI’s – Community Development Financial Institutions. The nonprofits Jewish Family and Career Services and Metropolitan Housing Coalition formed LHOME in late 2011.
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