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National Trust Loan Fund

The National Trust Loan Fund has more than 35 years of experience in supporting preservation-based community development projects across the country. As a certified Community Development Financial Institution, it has a mission of providing financial and technical resources to organizations that use historic preservation to support the revitalization of underserved and distressed communities.

NTLF specializes in predevelopment, acquisition, mini-permanent, bridge and rehabilitation loans for residential, commercial and public use projects.  Eligible borrowers include not-for-profit organizations, revitalization organizations or real estate developers working in certified Main Street communities, local, state or regional governments, and for profit developers of older and/or historic buildings.

Recent lending activity by NTLF includes loans to support the conversion of: a former brewery into office and program space for a social services agency serving low-income populations; a shirt factory into retail, office and loft apartments, and a former telephone exchange building into residences.

NTHP - National Preservation Loan Fund