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		<title>2010 Annual Luncheon</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On June 2, 2010, the Michigan Interfaith Trust Fund held our annual “Borrowers and Burners” luncheon at the Kellogg Center on the beautiful Michigan State University Campus.   This yearly event allows us to recognize community-based entrepreneurs and economic developers whose organizations borrowed dollars or repaid their loans with the Trust Fund during the past year.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://interfaithtrust.org/?p=786</link>
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		<title>MSHDA low-interest loans for home improvements!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Have you heard about MSHDA’s Property Improvement Program?  This program offers low interest home improvement loans to single-family homeowners with low-to-moderate income (up to $65,000, or $74,750 in certain areas), and landlords (no income limit) renting to low-to-moderate income tenants.  Eligible home improvements include but are not limited to the following:          Heating and air [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://interfaithtrust.org/?p=649</link>
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		<title>Tax check-off can mean jobs, houses for Michigan</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Housing fund is investment in communities&#8230; Op-Ed written by Ken Bensen and Angie Gaabo; co-chairs of the Living in Michigan coalition Lansing State Journal   It is no secret that Michigan is facing one of the toughest economic climates in recent history. With close to 15 percent unemployment, the effects of this economic crisis are [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://interfaithtrust.org/?p=645</link>
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		<title>Don’t Forget to “Check the Box!”</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Have you filed your taxes yet? You can drive money straight into your local communities this tax season by donating to the Michigan Housing and Community Development Fund on your state income tax form. So check the box today – for jobs and the future of Michigan’s communities. What box? Michigan income taxpayers can now [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://interfaithtrust.org/?p=639</link>
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		<title>Sugar Law Assists Unemployed Workers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Michigan Interfaith Trust Fund is proud to be one of the institutions supporting the work of Sugar Law Center. Sugar Law Assists Unemployed Workers  People who lose their jobs should receive unemployment benefits while they look for work. This common-sense principle, which most people assume drives U.S. states’ unemployment systems, far too often does [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://interfaithtrust.org/?p=634</link>
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		<title>2010 Census</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What is the Census?  When we all answer the Census, our needs are heard.  The U.S. Census counts every resident in the United States, and is required by the Constitution to take place every 10 years. The 2010 Census will help communities receive more than $400 billion in federal funds each year for things like: [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://interfaithtrust.org/?p=630</link>
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		<title>Electronic Newsletter</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Michigan Interfaith Trust Fund will begin an electronic quarterly newsletter in April.  It is designed to keep you informed of the latest news and events  of the Trust Fund, our borrowers, and investors.  Electronic delivery of our newsletter will save on printing and mailing costs as well as reduce our carbon footprint. Please click [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://interfaithtrust.org/?p=618</link>
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		<title>Springwells Partners Lease Commercial Space</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Michigan Interfaith Trust Fund was recently awarded a grant from the CDFI Fund.  The Trust Fund recently closed a loan to Southwest Housing Solutions in Detroit for refinancing the Springwells Partners project.  The Springwells Partners project included 54 affordable apartments and 6500 square feet of commercial space.  Recently, a promising entrepreneur signed a lease with Southwest [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://interfaithtrust.org/?p=594</link>
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		<title>Save the Date&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Each year at our annual “Borrowers and Burners” luncheon we recognize community-based entrepreneurs and economic developers whose organizations borrowed dollars or repaid their loans to the Michigan Interfaith Trust Fund during the past year.   We hope that you will mark your calendar and plan to attend and help us celebrate. Michigan Interfaith Trust Fund~Annual Luncheon Kellogg [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://interfaithtrust.org/?p=589</link>
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		<title>Check the box&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Michigan&#8216;s Housing and Community Development Fund: What Is It? Why Does It Matter? Michigan&#8216;s Housing and Community Development Fund (MHCDF) is a statewide source of money for housing and community development activities. In 2008, the fund received a $2.2 million allocation from the state legislature. This money was distributed as grants to 18 organizations. The [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://interfaithtrust.org/?p=584</link>
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