On this edition of In Black America, producer/host John L. Hanson Jr. speaks with Maurice A. Jones, president and CEO of the Local Initiatives Support Corporation. Jones is the former deputy secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the secretary of commerce in Virginia.
The Local Initiatives Support Corporation is the largest community development organization in the country that provides access to capital, grants, loans, equity investments, tax credit equity, affordable housing and technical assistance to places such as schools, health care centers and organized groups.
Jones talks about the work LISC does across the United States in housing, economic development, job training, social determinants of health and education.
