Community Development Lending & Investment
Committed to helping your communities thrive.

Deep industry expertise allows us to bring valuable content and actionable ideas to our clients. We’re ready to help guide your business toward its strategic goals through customized financial solutions.
See how our teams are financing affordable seniors housing that restores dignity, independence and strengthens communities for some of our most beloved citizens.
Expertise
KeyBank was the 7th largest commercial real estate/multifamily finance originator in 2019.*
KeyBank Community Development Lending and Investment (CDLI) provides more than capital solutions. It’s a much-needed investment for affordable housing and community development projects in urban and rural communities across all 50 states. Affordable housing owner-operators and developers looking to build, acquire and preserve affordable housing come to us because we know how to move complicated deals over the finish line. Our clients leverage Key’s broad, fully integrated platform. In addition, we can help assemble innovative and complex financing in partnership with multiple for-profit, nonprofit and government entities. Helping communities thrive is more than our business, it’s our mission.
Services
Our suite of services includes:
- Construction
- Acquisition
- Bridge-to-resyndication & Preservation Loans
- Lines of Credit
- Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, FHA/HUD & Private Placement Tax-exempt Bond Programs
- Various Permanent Loan Executions
- Equity investments for low-income housing projects, especially Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) financing
- Federal Home Loan Bank Programs
Community Reinvestment Act
KeyBank’s corporate mission is to help clients and communities thrive. For its ability to lend to, invest in and serve its communities, especially low-to-moderate income communities, KeyBank has earned nine “Outstanding” ratings from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), on the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) exam. Key was the first U.S. national bank among the 25 largest to be rated Outstanding nine consecutive times since the Act’s passage in 1977.
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