WA MBDA Client Among 10 Selected for LISC, Amazon Fellowship Award

SEATTLE (March 17, 2022) —The Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) has selected 10 local real estate developers focused on affordable housing to participate in its inaugural Housing Equity Accelerator (HEA) program, funded by a grant from the Amazon Housing Equity Fund.

> We are excited that among the selected developers is a client of our Washington MBDA Business Center – Annette Demps of A&D Construction. Congratulations to Annette!

The program, which is free of charge to participants, is a part-time professional development and career advancement program that aims to lower the obstacles that emerging real estate developers of color can face when trying to get real estate projects off the ground. The goal of the program is to increase the number of real estate developers of color who focus on affordable housing and to accelerate these developments.

Read the full press release from LISC here

Source: LISC.org