Community Development Financial Institutions Fund March 15, 2010 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The Department of the Treasury is issuing this proposed rulemaking, and requesting comment on this proposed rule, for the implementation of the Capital Magnet Fund (CMF), administered by the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund), U.S. Department of the Treasury. The mission of the CDFI Fund is to increase the capacity of financial institutions to provide capital, credit and financial services in underserved markets. Its long-term vision is an America in which all people have access to affordable credit, capital and financial services. The CMF was established through the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008, which added section 1339 to the Federal Housing Enterprises Financial Safety and Soundness Act of 1992.