CDCs often deal with the development of affordable housing. They can also be involved in a wide range of community services that meet local needs such as education, job training, healthcare, ...

A CDFI, or Community Development Financial Institution, helps communities that are traditionally left out of banking and investing options.

In 1977, Cynthia Cockburn published The Local State, a critique of the relationship between community development and corporate management in local government. This work prefigured wider and ...

The Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Fund promotes economic revitalization in distressed communities with financial assistance.