"For smaller-scale developers, affordable housing projects create an opportunity to be involved in a market more economically, and that can help them grow."

Chuck Heintzelman
Co-Founder
Milestone Ventures, Inc.

"I know the state's big push right now is economic development and that's great. But bringing in jobs means having decent affordable housing. I see the two tied together pretty closely."

Dave Miller
Executive Director Hoosier Uplands Economic Development Corporation
Mitchell, Indiana

"My goal as community investment officer is to help foster community development and growth, and to ensure our members are in communities where they can thrive. By partnering with us, we help them meet their community development goals. The affordable housing and community development dollars they infuse into their communities to help create needed projects are critical to reaching those goals."

Patricia Gamble-Moore
Vice President and Community Investment Officer
Federal Home Loan Bank of Indianapolis

"The lending business is all about referrals, and affordable housing gives us a chance to really help people. They may be smaller loans, but they're also an opportunity for lenders to provide an extraordinary service, which ultimately leads to more referrals."

John Spray
Vice President, Mortgage Lending
Home Federal Bank

"From a social standpoint, supporting affordable housing is the thing to do. But the more folks you get into a home that can truly afford it- and are ready for the responsibility- the better they'll maintain that home, and that's good for the neighborhood, the community and the city. I can't believe anybody would argue against affordable housing."

Jack McCombs
Prodigy Realtors
Fort Wayne