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The investment landscape for tax-advantaged community development is about to undergo its most significant transformation since the original opportunity zones program launched in 2017. The One Big ...

The Qualified Opportunity Zone (QOZ) program was enacted in 2017 to promote economic development in low-income communities by allowing investors to defer taxes on capital gains through investments in ...

Firm ranked among the top five nationally in QOZ equity raised expands platform with a dual-strategy fund focused on tax-efficient investing Peakline Real Estate Funds ("PREF"), a private real estate ...

Accion works with underserved communities to expand access to business credit Accion Opportunity Fund (AOF) is a nonprofit small-business lender that helps communities traditionally lacking access to ...

South Main Street in Sheffield, Illinois. The town is part of a 136-square-mile opportunity zone. The One Big Beautiful Bill Act makes the opportunity zone program permanent and also introduces some ...

Opportunity zones are in limbo as investors look less than a year down the road and see a shining, permanent, new program offering the same, or better, incentives. “Permanence is a game-changer for ...