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A new article in Multi-Housing News by Patricia Kirk features DC Green Bank in an overview of how green banks, boosted by new funding from the Inflation Reduction Act, can accelerate the transition to green energy and crowd in public investment in their communities. From the article: “Last year, for…

DC Green Bank is on the leading edge of the sustainable financing and green banking movement. We play a critical role in the District’s ecosystem of actors that are charged with achieving the city’s climate, energy, economic development, and equity goals. We are proud of the partnerships we have developed,…

DC Green Bank, a Washington, D.C.-based program that promotes sustainable infrastructure, has launched a loan program that supports energy-saving work within the District. The new program, Navigator, provides pre-development loans for community-based nonprofit organization buildings, commercial buildings, and multifamily or mixed-use properties with five or more residential units. The loans…

Next City’s Senior Economics Correspondent, Oscar Perry Abello, wrote recently about green banks: “Green banks are part of a long tradition of using public or collective dollars to sway private investment into serving markets that it hasn’t served, or providing products it hasn’t provided before. Neither they nor the private…