ADMINISTRATIVE CODE TITLE 38: FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS CHAPTER II: DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION PART 1055 MORTGAGE COMMUNITY REINVESTMENT SECTION 1055.APPENDIX C ILCRA ILLUSTRATIVE LIST OF QUALIFYING ACTIVITIES FOR COVERED MORTGAGE LICENSEES
Section 1055.APPENDIX C ILCRA Illustrative List of
Qualifying Activities for Covered Mortgage Licensees
This list is a non-exhaustive, illustrative list of examples
of activities, where applicable to covered mortgage licensees, that would meet
the criteria for a community development qualifying activity under 38 Ill. Adm.
Code Part 1055 provided the appropriate documentation supports the activity and
meets all requirements set forth in the ILCRA and its implementing rules. The
Department is not endorsing any financial institution, fund, organization,
program, non-profit, or any other entity. By listing activities that may
qualify under 38 Ill. Adm. Code Part 1055, the Department is not making any
determination as to whether the activities listed are safe and sound
activities, in general, or for any particular financial institution. Moreover,
the Department is not making any determination as to whether the activities
listed are/are not legally permissible, in general, or for any particular
financial institution. Please read 38 Ill. Adm. Code Part 1055 in its entirety
for defined terms used in this list and for additional information.
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Illustrative List Topic
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Description
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Topic A
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Loans to a low- or
moderate-income individual or family.
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A-1
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Loan classified on the covered
mortgage licensee's Mortgage Call Report as a 1-4 family residential construction
loan to a low- or moderate-income (LMI) individual.
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A-2
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Closed-end loan or open-end line
of credit classified on the covered mortgage licensee's Mortgage Call Report
as a loan secured by a 1-4 family residential property to an LMI individual.
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A-3
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Loan classified on the covered
mortgage licensee's Mortgage Call Report as secured by a multifamily
residential property to an LMI individual.
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A-4
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Home mortgage loan guaranteed by
the Federal Housing Administration to an LMI individual.
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A-5
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Home mortgage loan guaranteed
under the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) Indian
Home Loan Guarantee Program (Section 184) to an LMI individual.
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A-6
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Home mortgage loan guaranteed by
the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Rural Housing Service to an LMI
individual.
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A-7
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Home mortgage guaranteed by the
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to an LMI individual.
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A-8
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Low-cost education loan to an
LMI individual, such as to fund school tuition and/or expenses.
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A-9
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Home equity line of credit to an
LMI individual, such as for home improvement.
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A-10
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Non-credit card revolving credit
line, such as for purchase of home appliances, to an LMI individual.
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A-11
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Consumer loan to an LMI
individual for purposes other than purchasing an automobile, such as to fund
unexpected medical expenses.
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A-12
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Automobile loan to an LMI
individual to purchase a car.
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A-13
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Installment loan to an LMI
individual to purchase home appliances.
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A-14
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Unsecured consumer loan to a moderate-income
individual for household assistive technology products and vehicle
modifications to improve accessibility.
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A-15
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Small dollar consumer loan to a
low-income individual made under a covered mortgage licensee's affordable
small dollar loan program.
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Topic B
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Small business loans to
businesses.
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B-1
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Small business loan (including a
line of credit) when the loan is classified on the covered mortgage licensee's
Mortgage Call Report as a commercial and industrial loan.
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B-2
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Small business loan (including a
line of credit) when the loan is classified on the covered mortgage licensee's
Mortgage Call Report as a loan secured by nonfarm nonresidential properties.
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B-3
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Small business loan under the
U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) 504 Certified Development Company
program.
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B-4
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Small business loan to make
improvements to its manufacturing facility under the SBA 7(a) loan program.
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B-5
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Small business loan to finance
the purchase of machinery under the USDA's Rural Development Business and
Industry Guarantee Loan Program.
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B-6
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Small business loan to improve
accessibility of its facilities for disabled customers.
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B-7
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Small business loan under the
SBA Paycheck Protection Program.
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Topic C
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Small business loans to farms.
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C-1
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Small business loan (including a
line of credit) when the loan is classified on the covered mortgage licensee's
Mortgage Call Report as a loan to finance agricultural production and other
loans to farmers.
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C-2
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Small business loan to finance
the purchase of farm equipment.
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Topic D
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Loans made in or to an
individual or business located in Indian country or other tribal and native
lands.
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D-1
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Loan or line of credit made in
Indian country or other tribal and native lands and classified on the covered
mortgage licensee's Mortgage Call Report as a 1-4 family residential
construction loan.
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D-2
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Closed-end loan or open-end line
of credit made in Indian country or other tribal and native lands and
classified on the covered mortgage licensee's Mortgage Call Report as a loan
secured by a 1-4 family residential property.
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D-3
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Loan made in Indian country or
other tribal and native lands and classified on the covered mortgage licensee's
Mortgage Call Report as secured by a multifamily residential property.
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D-4
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Home mortgage loan made in
Indian country or other tribal and native lands and guaranteed by the Federal
Housing Administration.
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D-5
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Home mortgage loan made in
Indian country or other tribal and native lands and guaranteed under HUD's
Indian Home Loan Guarantee Program (Section 184).
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D-6
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Home mortgage loan made in
Indian country or other tribal and native lands and guaranteed by the USDA's
Rural Housing Service.
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D-7
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Home mortgage loan made in
Indian country or other tribal and native lands and guaranteed by the
Veterans Administration.
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D-8
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Home equity line of credit
extended in Indian country or other tribal and native lands, such as for home
improvement.
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D-9
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Non-credit card revolving credit
line, such as for purchase of home appliances, to an individual located in
Indian country or other tribal and native lands.
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D-10
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Consumer loan made to an
individual located in Indian country or other tribal and native lands for
purposes other than purchasing an automobile, such as to fund unexpected
medical expenses.
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D-11
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Automobile loan to an individual
located in Indian country or other tribal and native lands to purchase a car.
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D-12
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Small business loan (including a
line of credit) in Indian country or other tribal and native lands when the
loan is classified on the covered mortgage licensee's Mortgage Call Report as
a commercial and industrial loan.
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D-13
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Small business loan (including a
line of credit) located in Indian country or other tribal and native lands
when the loan is classified on the covered mortgage licensee's Mortgage Call
Report as a loan secured by nonfarm nonresidential properties.
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D-14
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Small business loan (including a
line of credit) located in Indian country or other tribal and native lands
made under the SBA Certified Development Company/504 Loan Program.
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D-15
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Small business loan (including a
line of credit) located in Indian country or other tribal and native lands to
make improvements to its manufacturing facility under the SBA 7(a) loan program.
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D-16
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Small business loan (including a
line of credit) located in Indian country or other tribal and native lands to
finance the purchase of machinery under the USDA's Rural Development Business
and Industry Guarantee Loan Program.
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D-17
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Small business loan (including a
line of credit) located in Indian country or other tribal and native lands
when the loan is classified on the covered mortgage licensee's Mortgage Call
Report as a loan to finance agricultural production and other loans to
farmers.
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Topic E
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A small business loan to a
business located in a low- or moderate- income census tract.
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E-1
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Small business loan to purchase
inventory for its business located in a moderate-income census tract.
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E-2
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Small business loan to expand
its manufacturing facility located in a low-income census tract.
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Topic F
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A small business loan to a farm
located in a low- or moderate-income census tract.
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F-1
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Small business loan located in a
low-income census tract to purchase farm equipment.
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F-2
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Small business loan located in a
moderate-income census tract to refinance a construction loan used to expand
dairy production facilities.
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Topic G
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Loans, investments, and services
to facilitate affordable housing that is likely to be partially or primarily
inhabited by low- or moderate-income individuals or families.
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G-1
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Loan to a non-profit
organization for the purpose of providing affordable housing to LMI
individuals.
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G-2
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Loan to a for-profit business
for the purpose of providing affordable housing to LMI individuals.
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G-3
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Loan to a for-profit developer
for construction of multi-family mixed- income rental housing that partially
benefits LMI individuals because some units will meet the median rent
standard.
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G-4
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Loan to a non-profit developer
to build multi-family rental housing guaranteed under the USDA's Section 538
Guaranteed Loan Program where median rents will meet the median rent
standard.
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G-5
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Loan to a for-profit developer
to build multi-family rental housing guaranteed under the USDA's Section 538
Guaranteed Loan Program where median rents will meet the median rent
standard.
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G-6
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Investment that will use tax
credits from the Federal Historic Tax Credit Program to finance the adaptive
reuse and renovation of a hotel into rental units in a moderate- income area,
and many of the units will meet the median rent standard.
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G-7
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Loan for a mixed-use property in
an underserved area that will be used to help seasonal businesses provide
affordable housing to seasonal LMI workers at rents that meet the median rent
standard.
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G-8
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Loan to a for-profit developer
for construction of multi-family mixed- income rental housing, where many of
the units will meet the median rent standard.
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G-9
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Investment that will finance the
company's production of cost-effective modular housing, which will be used to
supply affordable housing units where rents will meet the median rent
standard.
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G-10
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Investment that supports the
abatement of, or remediation to correct, lead-based paint, asbestos, mold, or
radon that are present in a multi- family rental housing project where rents
meet the median rent standard.
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Topic H
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Loans, investments, and services
that facilitate affordable housing that is partially or primarily inhabited
by low- or moderate-income individuals or families as demonstrated by an
affordable housing set-aside required by a federal, state, local, or tribal
government.
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H-1
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Investment in a project with
housing units made affordable to LMI individuals through local inclusionary
zoning.
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H-2
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Loan to purchase a multifamily
dwelling that will partially benefit LMI individuals, including renters who receive
assistance under HUD's section 8 rental subsidy program.
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H-3
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Investment that provides
financing for the construction of a rent-to-own affordable housing complex
targeted to LMI individuals and families.
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Topic I
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Loans, investments, and services
that facilitate affordable housing, in conjunction with an explicit federal,
state, local, or tribal government affordable housing program for low- or
moderate-income individuals or families.
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I-1
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Investment in a limited
partnership to develop and operate a Federal Low-Income Housing Tax Credit
(LIHTC) multi-family housing project.
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I-2
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Investment to finance the
conversion and rehabilitation of public housing using HUD's Rental Assistance
Demonstration Program that uses a section 8 project-based contract to make
the units affordable to LMI individuals and families.
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I-3
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Loan to a nursing home and
assisted living facility that uses HUD's Section 232 loan guarantee and is
defined by HUD as multifamily housing that primarily serves or assists LMI individuals
or families.
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I-4
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Investment in a "green"
retrofit initiative as part of an explicit local government program used to
maintain the affordability of rental housing for LMI individuals through
energy efficient measures.
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I-5
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Loan to facilitate the purchase
of existing multifamily housing using a guarantee provided under the HUD
Section 207/223(f) program to make the units affordable to LMI individuals
and families.
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I-6
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Loan to facilitate the
substantial rehabilitation of multifamily rental housing for moderate-income
families, elderly and the handicapped using a guarantee provided under the
HUD Section 221(d)(4) mortgage insurance program to make the units affordable
to LMI individuals and families.
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I-7
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Loan to a Native American tribe
to purchase land and construct infrastructure and affordable rental housing,
as identified in the tribe's Indian Housing Plan, using a guarantee provided
under the HUD Title VI Tribal Housing Activities Loan Guarantee Program to
make the units affordable to LMI individuals and families.
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I-8
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Loan to a non-profit sponsor to
rehabilitate multifamily rental housing for elderly persons (62 or older)
and/or persons with disabilities using a guarantee provided under the HUD
Program Section 231 to make the units affordable to LMI individuals.
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I-9
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Investment for Federal Historic
Tax Credits to finance the adaptive reuse and renovation of a historic
property that also receives financing using Federal Low-Income Housing Tax
Credits.
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I-10
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Loan for the construction of a
government-supported accessible rental housing facility for LMI disabled
persons.
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Topic J
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Loans, investments, and services
that facilitate affordable housing, such as owner-occupied housing purchased,
refinanced, or improved by or on behalf of low- or moderate-income
individuals or families, except for home mortgage loans provided directly to
individuals or families.
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J-1
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Investment in a mortgage-backed
security that is primarily secured by loans to LMI borrowers.
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J-2
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Down payment and closing cost
assistance grants on home purchase loans for LMI borrowers, including, but
not limited to, assisting borrowers in obtaining grants from the FHLBanks' regulatory
Homeownership Set-Aside Programs.
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Topic K
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Loans, investments, and services
that facilitate another covered mortgage licensee's community development
loans, investments, or services.
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K-1
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Covered mortgage licensee
employees volunteer to provide technical assistance to another covered
financial institution to establish a loan program targeted to LMI individuals
and families.
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Topic L
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Loans, investments, and services
that facilitate child care, education, workforce development and job training
programs, health services, and housing services, that partially or primarily
serve or assist low- or moderate-income individuals or families.
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L-1
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Investment, in a fund that
provides financing for a charter school that will primarily serve LMI
children.
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L-2
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Monetary donation to a
non-profit organization that provides transportation to medical treatments for
LMI individuals.
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L-3
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Grant to a non-profit
organization that provides housing assistance and counseling to LMI
immigrants residing in the United States.
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L-4
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Providing mentoring/tutoring
services to clients of a non-profit organization that serves LMI youth.
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L-5
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Investment, that supports a non-
profit that provides general education degrees that primarily serves LMI
individuals without a high school diploma.
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L-6
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Loan to a non-profit training
center that provides workforce development and job training programs, which
primarily serve unemployed, LMI individuals.
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L-7
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In-kind donation to a food
pantry that provides services to unemployed, LMI families.
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L-8
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Loan to acquire a child care
facility that serves LMI residents of a low- income neighborhood.
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L-9
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Covered mortgage licensee
employees volunteer service with a non-profit that provides income tax
assistance programs for LMI individuals.
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L-10
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Grant to a non-profit
organization that runs a state-funded battered women's shelter for LMI
individuals in an underserved area and as part of a statewide program.
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L-11
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Loan, investment, or service
that supports an LMI-focused alcohol and drug recovery center.
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L-12
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Grant to a drug rehabilitation
center that primarily serves low-income individuals.
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L-13
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Loan to a legal assistance
program for LMI individuals.
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L-14
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Grant to an organization that
provides resume writing services to LMI formerly incarcerated individuals.
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L-15
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Loan to a non-profit
organization providing affordable child care services that primarily serve
LMI individuals or families.
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L-16
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Grant to support a program that
provides eyeglasses to low-income individuals.
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L-17
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In-kind contribution of
rent-free office space to a local food bank.
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L-18
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Provision of technical
assistance on financial matters to a non-profit organization supporting loan
or grant activity under the Federal Home Loan Banks' (FHLBanks) Affordable
Housing Program including, but not limited to, serving on a loan review
committee, assisting in marketing financial services, furnishing financial
services training for staff and management, assisting with or submitting
applications, disbursing funds, or monitoring compliance activities.
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L-19
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Grant to a nonprofit community
program which assists LMI individuals to find and enroll in free or low-cost
home broadband internet services for which they are eligible.
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L-20
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Grant in support of a nonprofit
program which refurbishes used computers in order to provide them to LMI
individuals at no cost or at a very low cost.
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L-21
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Monetary donations to a
workforce development program designed to improve employment opportunities
for LMI individuals with disabilities.
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L-22
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Covered mortgage licensee loan
to a skilled nursing facility that primarily serves low-income persons
receiving Medicaid.
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L-23
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Monetary donation to a school
that primarily serves LMI students to purchase technology that enables it to
conduct on-line classes for students affected by government mandated
stay-at-home orders during a national health emergency.
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Topic M
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Loans, investments, and services
that facilitate economic development, such as activities that provide
financing for or support businesses or farms including activities that promote
job creation or job retention partially or primarily for low- or
moderate-income individuals.
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M-1
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Loan to a business to expand its
facility and add jobs held by LMI individuals.
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M-2
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Investment using New Markets Tax
Credits that will allow the facility to expand and jobs held by LMI
individuals.
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Topic N
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Loans, investments, and services
that facilitate economic development, such as activities that provide
financing for or support businesses or farms including federal, state, local,
or tribal government programs, projects, or initiatives that partially or
primarily serve small businesses or small farms as those terms are defined in
the programs, projects, or initiatives.
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N-1
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Covered mortgage licensee
employees volunteer service providing technical assistance to small
businesses on how to create business plans under a state program to support
statewide business development.
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N-2
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Micro-loan for working capital
to a small business that is a state- certified Historically Underutilized
Business.
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N-3
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Grant to a non-profit that
provides financing for small farms under a federal program to encourage new
farm development.
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N-4
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Loan to a small business
incubator that primarily benefits small businesses by providing supportive
services to business start-ups and that is funded in part under a statewide
community development initiative.
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N-5
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Loan to a small business under a
tribal government loan guarantee program.
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Topic O
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Loans, investments, and services
that facilitate economic development, such as activities that provide
financing for or support businesses or farms including retaining existing, or
attracting new, businesses, farms, or residents to low- or moderate-income
census tracts, underserved areas, distressed areas, designated disaster areas
consistent with a disaster recovery plan, or Indian country or other tribal
and native lands.
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O-1
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Loan to a business to replace
equipment and restore its facilities, thereby retaining employees in a
designated disaster area consistent with a disaster recovery plan.
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O-2
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Monetary donation to an
emergency/drought relief fund formed by a community foundation that provides
grants to farms that are located in a distressed area to help sustain the
farms.
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O-3
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A loan to finance the
development of workforce housing located in an underserved area that is
within close proximity to a warehouse owned by a multinational conglomerate.
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Topic P
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Loans, investments, and services
that facilitate economic development, such as activities that provide
financing for or support businesses or farms including a Small Business Administration
Certified Development Company, as that term is defined in 13 CFR 120.10, a
Small Business Investment Company, as described 13 CFR part 107, a New
Markets Venture Capital company, as described in 13 CFR part 108, a qualified
Community Development Entity, as defined in 26 CFR 45D(c), or a U.S.
Department of Agriculture Rural Business Investment Company, as defined in 7
CFR 4290.50.
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P-1
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Investment in a New Markets
Venture Capital company that finances businesses that meet the SBA's size
standards used to define small business concerns.
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P-2
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Investment in a qualified
Community Development Entity that will provide financing for a food market to
build a refrigerated warehouse and food distribution facility.
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P-3
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Investment in an SBA-certified
Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) to finance businesses that meet the
SBIC size standards.
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P-4
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Investment in a USDA Rural
Business Investment Company (RBIC) to fund businesses and farms that meet the
RBIC size standards.
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P-5
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Investment in a New Markets Tax
Credit-eligible Community Development Entity to fund a mixed-use project that
will include affordable housing for LMI individuals and families and retail
space for a small business.
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P-6
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Investment eligible for Federal Historic
Tax Credits to finance the adaptive reuse and renovation of a historic
property that also receives New Markets Tax Credits.
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P-7
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Investment in a fund that
purchases the debentures, guaranteed by the SBA, that are offered by the
SBA-certified development companies.
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P-8
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Loan to a Community Development
Financial Institution (CDFI) Fund- certified Community Development Entity
that finances a small business' purchase of real estate related to a New
Markets Tax Credit project, as provided for in 26 U.S.C. 45D.
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Topic Q
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Loans, investments, and services
that facilitate economic development, such as activities that provide
financing for or support businesses or farms including technical assistance
and supportive services, such as shared space, technology, or administrative
assistance for businesses or farms that meet the size eligibility standards
of the Small Business Investment Company program, as described in 13 CFR part
107.
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Q-1
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Grant to a non-profit that
provides technical assistance to businesses that meet the stated
size-eligibility standards.
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Q-2
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Loan to a non-profit entity that
provides technical assistance to businesses that meet the size-eligibility
standards for an SBA SBIC.
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Q-3
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Covered mortgage licensee
employees volunteer through a local Chamber of Commerce to lead a workshop
that provides technical assistance to the chamber's business members that
meet the stated size-eligibility standards.
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Q-4
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Providing permanent office space
rent-free at a branch for use by the local economic development organization
that targets business development, predominantly among start-up and
micro-businesses that meet the stated size-eligibility standards.
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Q-5
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Monetary donation to a CDFI that
is providing technical assistance and loans to small businesses adversely
impacted by state-mandated business closures during a health emergency.
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Topic R
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Loans, investments, and services
that facilitate essential community facilities that partially or primarily
serve low- or moderate-income individuals or families.
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R-1
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Construction loan to improve a
hospital that is located in a middle- income census tract adjacent to a low-income
census tract that partially benefits LMI individuals who will utilize
hospital services.
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R-2
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Investment in a municipal bond
to fund construction of a health center that will primarily serve residents
of a moderate-income neighborhood.
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R-3
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Purchase of a local municipal
bond, the proceeds of which will be used to construct a new high school that
will partially serve students from LMI families.
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R-4
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Direct financing or investment
in supportive housing for the chronically homeless incorporating eligible public
funding programs, such as state-issued tax-exempt bonds, HUD's Supportive
Housing Program, Section 8 Project-Based Rental Assistance, the LIHTC
program, or the FHLBanks' Affordable Housing Program.
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R-5
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Loan to upgrade equipment at a
public library to accommodate LMI disabled patrons.
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R-6
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Grant to an organization to
purchase personal or other protective equipment for doctors and nurses
treating in a Federally Qualified Health Care Center during a local health
emergency.
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Topic S
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Loans, investments, and services
that facilitate essential community facilities that partially or primarily
serve low- or moderate-income census tracts, distressed areas, underserved
areas, disaster areas consistent with a disaster recovery plan, or Indian
country or other tribal and native lands.
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S-1
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Loan to construct a new fire
station located in Indian country or other tribal and native lands.
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S-2
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Loan to a company to build a health
clinic in an underserved area, using the USDA's Community Facilities
Guaranteed Loan Program.
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S-3
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Loan to build a police station
in a distressed area.
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S-4
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Purchase of a local municipal
bond with a purpose consistent with a local disaster recovery plan, the
proceeds of which will be used to construct a new high school in a disaster
area.
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S-5
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Loan to improve a hospital in a
distressed area that serves the entire community, including LMI individuals.
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Investment in a fund that finances
community facilities in Indian country or other tribal and native lands, such
as a community recreational facility.
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Topic T
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Loans, investments, and services
that facilitate essential infrastructure that partially or primarily serves
low- or moderate-income individuals or families.
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T-1
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Loan to finance construction of
a road in a rural community that provides LMI residents of the area access to
employment centers outside of the area.
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T-2
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Investment in a local
cooperative to develop broadband infrastructure and expand access to LMI
residents in the area.
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T-3
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Investment in a local municipal
bond to improve city-wide water and wastewater systems with benefit to all
residents, including LMI residents.
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T-4
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Loan for infrastructure
improvements, including upgrading roads, water supply and sewer services, to
a mobile home park that primarily rents space to LMI residents.
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T-5
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Financing of a community-wide
solar plus energy storage system to reduce utility costs and help maintain
affordability for a multifamily housing complex in an LMI community.
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Topic U
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Loans, investments, and services
that facilitate essential infrastructure that partially or primarily serves
low- or moderate-income census tracts, distressed areas, underserved areas,
disaster areas consistent with a disaster recovery plan, or Indian country or
other tribal and native lands.
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U-1
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Investment that will finance
construction of a solar energy facility that uses federal renewable energy
tax credits and will provide access to reduced cost electrical utilities to
LMI census tracts.
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U-2
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Investment in a local municipal
bond to refurbish a bridge that connects a low-income neighborhood with
essential services without which residents would otherwise not have access to
those services.
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U-3
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Investment in a state issued
bond to reconstruct a tunnel in a disaster area, consistent with the area's
disaster recovery plan.
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U-4
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Purchase of a local municipal
bond, the proceeds of which will be used to upgrade a water pipeline that
serves an underserved area.
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U-5
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Loan to a company to build a new
flood control system as identified in the community's disaster recovery plan,
such as a levee or storm drain that serves the disaster area.
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U-6
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Investment to finance the
construction of a broadband network to develop reliable internet access in an
LMI census tract.
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U-7
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Investment in a Special City
Taxing District Bond with the purpose of renovating city sidewalks in a
distressed area to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act.
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U-8
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Purchase of a municipal bond
issued to finance infrastructure improvements to enable a community to
prevent flooding in LMI neighborhoods negatively impacted by rising water
levels.
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Topic V
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Loans, investments, and services
that facilitate a family farm's purchase or lease of farmland, equipment, and
other farm-related inputs for the family farm's use in operating the farm.
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V-1
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Loan to a family farm to
purchase a tractor.
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V-2
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Loan to a family farm to
purchase additional land to increase production.
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V-3
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Loan to a vineyard that is a
family farm to purchase additional acreage.
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Topic W
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Loans, investments, and services
that facilitate a family farm's receipt of technical assistance and supportive
services for the family farm's own production, such as shared space,
technology, or administrative assistance through an intermediary.
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W-1
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Grant to a non-profit
organization that provides technical assistance to family farms.
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Topic X
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Loans, investments, and services
that facilitate a family farm's sale and trade of family farm products grown
or produced by the family farm.
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X-1
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Loan to a family farm to
construct a building from which to sell produce.
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X-2
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Loan to a family farm to market
and sell its products statewide.
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Topic Y
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Loans, investments, and services
that facilitate federal, state, local, or tribal government programs,
projects, or initiatives that partially or primarily serve low- or
moderate-income individuals or families.
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Y-1
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Grant to a non-profit
organization to provide a local government sponsored dress for success
program for homeless women.
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Y-2
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Loan to a non-profit
organization to provide a state government sponsored after-school program for
students from LMI families.
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Topic Z
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Loans, investments, and services
that facilitate federal, state, local, or tribal government programs,
projects, or initiatives that are consistent with a bona fide government
revitalization, stabilization, or recovery plan for a low- or moderate-income
census tract; a distressed area; an underserved area; a disaster area; or
Indian country or other tribal and native lands.
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Z-1
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Grant to a non-profit
organization that receives funds from a statewide program to revitalize
communities in Indian country or other tribal and native lands.
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Z-2
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Contribution of other real
estate owned property to a local government- owned land bank whose primary
purpose is consistent with a government revitalization plan that benefits LMI
census tracts.
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Z-3
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Financing to support cleanup of
industrial brownfields in a distressed area as part of a city-sponsored
revitalization program.
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Z-4
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Investment in a Tax Increment
Financing bond to finance infrastructure improvements consistent with a
government revitalization plan in a distressed area.
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Z-5
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Loan through a state program to
a company to purchase and replace equipment as well as rebuild the
manufacturing facility that was damaged by flooding in a federally designated
disaster area and supported by the community's disaster recovery plan.
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Topic AA
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Loans, investments, and services
that facilitate financial literacy programs or education or homebuyer
counseling.
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AA-1
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Financial counseling by covered
mortgage licensee employees to participants in a workforce development
program primarily benefiting LMI individuals or families.
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AA-2
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Covered mortgage licensee
employees conduct first-time homebuyer counseling program for covered
mortgage licensee customers primarily benefitting LMI individuals or
families.
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AA-3
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Covered mortgage licensee
employees teach financial education or literacy curricula at local community
centers primarily benefitting LMI individuals or families.
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AA-4
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Covered mortgage licensee
employees delivering the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation's Money Smart
Program curriculum to residents at a senior living facility primarily
benefitting LMI individuals or families.
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AA-5
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Grant to a non-profit
organization that provides financial literacy courses for a foreclosure
prevention program.
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AA-6
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Activities supporting "train
the trainer" programs that are designed to train teachers to provide
financial literacy education to their students primarily benefitting LMI
individuals or families.
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AA-7
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In-kind donation of computer
equipment to a non-profit that conducts personal money management courses for
LMI individuals.
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AA-8
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Covered mortgage licensee
employees provide financial education in connection with a school savings
program primarily benefitting LMI individuals or families.
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AA-9
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Loan to a non-profit credit
counseling organization that conducts personal money management courses.
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AA-10
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Monetary donation to an
organization that conducts elder financial abuse and identity theft
prevention programs.
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AA-11
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In-kind donation of computer
equipment to a non-profit that provides financial literacy courses.
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AA-12
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Covered mortgage licensee
employees assist in the preparation of tax filings under the Internal Revenue
Service's Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program.
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AA-13
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Covered mortgage licensee
employees provide homebuyer education to potential buyers of single-family
housing developed under a state program for middle- income individuals and
families in high-cost areas.
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AA-14
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Volunteer service to open
savings accounts offered through a school- based banking program, including
financial literacy, to students of a K- 12 school that is located in and
serves residents of an LMI census tract.
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AA-15
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Financial support of a nonprofit
community program that provides digital literacy training to residents of an
LMI neighborhood, in order to increase their ability to use online banking
services.
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AA-16
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Covered mortgage licensee
employees provide financial capability training to individuals with
disabilities.
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Topic BB
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Loans, investments, and services
that facilitate owner-occupied and rental housing development, construction,
rehabilitation, improvement, or maintenance in Indian country or other tribal
and native lands.
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BB-1
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Loan to develop housing in
Indian country or other tribal and native lands that is guaranteed under HUD's
Title VI Loan Guarantee Program.
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BB-2
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Loan to construct mixed-income
housing under a tribal-government sponsored program in Indian country or
other tribal and native lands.
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BB-3
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Loan to a for-profit developer
to construct rental housing in Indian country or other tribal and native
lands.
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Topic CC
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Loans, investments, and services
that facilitate qualified opportunity funds, as defined in 26 U.S.C.
1400Z-2(d)(1), that benefit low- or moderate-income qualified opportunity
zones, as defined in 26 U.S.C. 1400Z-1(a).
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CC-1
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Investment in a qualified
opportunity fund, established to finance construction of a new manufacturing
facility that creates jobs for local residents in an opportunity zone that is
also an LMI census tract.
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CC-2
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Investment in a qualified
opportunity fund, established to finance renovation of a vacant building into
a cultural arts facility in an opportunity zone that is also an LMI census
tract.
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CC-3
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Investment in a qualified
opportunity fund, established to finance the rehabilitation of an acute care
hospital facility, including the purchase of new medical equipment, in an
opportunity zone that is also an LMI census tract.
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CC-4
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Investment in a qualified
opportunity fund, established to finance improvements to an athletic facility
owned and operated for community benefit by a local nonprofit in an
opportunity zone that is also an LMI census tract.
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CC-5
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Investment in a qualified
opportunity fund that finances construction of a grocery store in an LMI
opportunity zone.
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CC-6
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Investment in a qualified
opportunity fund that finances the construction of a commercial building
intended for retail and restaurant use in an LMI opportunity zone.
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Topic DD
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Loans, investments, and services
that facilitate other activities and ventures undertaken, including capital
investments and loan participations, by a covered mortgage licensee in
cooperation with a minority depository institution, women's depository
institution, Community Development Financial Institution, or low-income
credit union, if the activity helps to meet the credit needs of local
communities in which such institutions are chartered, including activities
that indirectly help to meet community credit needs by promoting the
sustainability and profitability of those institutions and credit unions.
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DD-1
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Covered mortgage licensee
employee time spent facilitating a loan participation with a minority depository
institution, which will help the minority depository institution to meet the
credit needs of its local community.
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DD-2
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Covered mortgage licensee
employees provide training to CDFI staff on underwriting small farm loans to
help the CDFI expand its product offerings to its community.
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DD-3
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Covered mortgage licensee
provides in-kind services in the form of free or discounted data processing
systems that aids a minority depository institution in serving its customers.
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DD-4
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Covered mortgage licensee
donates branch space on a rent-free basis to a low-income credit union to
better serve the credit union's customers.
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DD-5
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Covered mortgage licensee
certificate of deposit in a minority depository institution.
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DD-6
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Loan to enable a minority- or women's
depository institution, low- income credit union, or CDFI to partner with
schools or universities to offer financial literacy education to members of
the local communities in which such institutions are chartered.
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DD-7
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A covered mortgage licensee
purchase of common stock for an ownership interest in a minority depository
institution to help meet the credit needs of the minority-owned depository
institution's local community.
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DD-8
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Covered mortgage licensee
purchase or sale of a loan participation from or to a minority depository
institution.
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(Source: Added
at 50 Ill. Reg. 9291, effective June 29, 2026)
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