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BlueHub Capital is a mission-driven, nonprofit community development finance organization focused on building healthy communities where low-income people live and work. BlueHub uses innovative financial tools to support projects that make communities more vibrant places to live through three distinct programs: BlueHub Loan Fund (community development financing), BlueHub SUN (foreclosure relief), and One Percent for America (citizenship financing).
A new report analyzed BlueHub Capital’s nearly four decades of investment in Boston’s Roxbury neighborhood, examining how $147 million in financing has fueled community-driven efforts to increase access to housing, childcare, workforce training and education in BlueHub’s home neighborhood. The impact analysis outlines the long-term outcomes of BlueHub’s intentional and concentrated capital deployment in Roxbury, including almost $36 million in 2024 alone, made in collaboration with community organizations and local developers.
These investments have contributed to: – 3,225 units of housing, 80% of which are deed-restricted affordable to families earning 80% of area median income (AMI) – $27 million to support workforce training – 797 secondary education seats – 756 early childcare slots – $34 million to support culture and community – $6.95 million in home equity retained by homeowners who were once facing foreclosure and eviction.
According to the report, BlueHub has leveraged an estimated $910 million in additional capital for community projects in Roxbury, averaging $6.19 in additional investment for every dollar deployed. BlueHub is a Boston-based national community development financing organization focused on building healthy communities where low-income people live and work. BlueHub also houses BlueHub Loan Fund, one of the oldest and largest community development financial institutions (CDFIs) in the country.
CDFIs are mission-driven lenders that provide financing to people and communities typically underserved by traditional banks. BlueHub’s investments in Roxbury are nearly as old as the CDFI industry itself. BlueHub’s long history in Roxbury offers a clear example of how place-based investment, guided by local leadership, can support lasting neighborhood change.
BlueHub Capital has been a partner in community-driven development initiatives since our inception. Originally incorporated as Boston Community Loan Fund, we were born from a coalition of over 25 organizations supported by the Institute for Community Economics who collaborated to create a revolving loan fund to address low-income housing needs in Boston.
In Roxbury—where we have been headquartered since 2000—BlueHub has provided $147 million in financing for critical community development projects that support affordable housing, workforce development, foreclosure relief, citizenship, and a variety of community resources including schools, youth programming, grocery stores and community gathering places.
When Roxbury faced a shortage of quality housing in the 1980s, BlueHub partnered with local developers and community development corporations (CDCs) to acquire and build affordable units, using a variety of financial mechanisms including acquisition, predevelopment, and construction loans, along with lines of credit and other financial tools. We provided technical finance expertise that enabled community organizations to complete affordable housing developments.
When Roxbury was experiencing one of the highest foreclosure rates among Boston planning districts following the financial crisis of 2008, BlueHub developed the SUN program to help residents stay in their homes and continue to build generational wealth in the form of home equity. BlueHub’s 19 SUN loans in Roxbury have directly returned nearly $7 million in equity to the community while preventing vacancies that can damage property values across entire neighborhoods.
BlueHub consistently responds to social challenges—whether by helping residents with unaffordable utilities, removing financial barriers to citizenship through One Percent for America, or acting as a catalyst to attract external capital to Roxbury—by listening and supporting, rather than driving or dictating, community priorities. We have spent 40 years collaborating to develop innovative solutions to social problems, and are ready meet future challenges alongside the community for years to come.
Since 1985, BlueHub has worked to build healthy communities where low-income people live and work. We use a broad range of innovative financial tools to connect people and communities with resources and capital: BlueHub Loan Fund lends for community and economic development, BlueHub SUN prevents foreclosure and eviction through mortgage lending and One Percent for America is reducing financial barriers to citizenship.
Across 46 states and Washington D.C., BlueHub has invested over $3.2 billion in affordable housing, school facilities, community-based health centers, clean energy and more. We are one of the largest mission-driven nonprofit community development finance organizations, managing over $1.6 billion in assets.
By partnering with funders, financing partners, and referral partners to provide flexible, patient, and innovative loans, along with mobilizing additional capital to support vital community projects, we play an important role in supporting community assets including affordable housing units, education, career pathways, social programming, and the vibrancy and diversity of communities—including Roxbury.
Some of the projects that BlueHub has supported in Roxbury throughout its history include:
– Bartlett Station: a mixed-used development that transformed an old MBTA bus yard into 300+ units of housing as well as a Montessori school and a locally-owned market-slash-café.
– Franklin Cummings Tech (FCTech): a state-of-the-art 68,000 square-foot campus in Nubian Square that will include classrooms, an advanced manufacturing center, an automotive shop and other educational and student support spaces.
– NUBA Apartments: a mixed-use development with 60 rental units (40 of which are affordable) and 42 affordable homeownership opportunities that will also include gallery and artistic spaces.
– 2147 Washington Street: a six-story building that includes affordable apartments, homeownership and workspace opportunities for artists, an art gallery and a new home for Haley House Bakery Cafe.
– Nubian Square Ascends: a 365,000 square foot development that will transform a vacant lot and parking lot into a lab building, a culinary marketplace, a performing arts center, artist housing and other cultural spaces.
BlueHub’s aim in Roxbury, and nationwide, is to support a community-led development process that creates the healthy neighborhood envisioned by local residents and leaders. We remain committed to this work so that we can help deliver what residents in all neighborhoods deserve: a thriving community.
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