The Local Initiatives Support Corporation & Atrium Health Launch Effort To Link Social Determinant Services To Affordable Housing Development

The Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) and Atrium Health are launching a new effort to improve the health of Queen City residents by embedding health and social services into housing investments made through the Charlotte Housing Opportunity Investment Fund (CHOIF). Five proposals received funding as part of the second phase of the $10 million initiative, which focuses on the intersection of affordable housing and health.

LISC and Atrium Health will use the contract award to develop a new financing mechanism that will address social determinants of health, such as employment and access to healthy food, as part of a holistic . . .