CAHEC's 2025 ESG Impact Report Details $75 Million New Markets Tax Credit Allocation

CAHEC released its fourth annual ESG Impact Report on October 17, 2026, detailing a $75 million New Markets Tax Credit allocation from the U.S. Department of the Treasury's CDFI Fund that brings cumulative awards to $345 million and investments to $270 million. The FinancialContent Business Page published the report.

CAHEC's 2025 Report Highlights and Materiality Refresh

The 2025 ESG Impact Report covers CAHEC and its affiliates, CAHEC Management, Inc. (CMI) and CAHEC Properties Corporation (CPC), and includes a refreshed materiality assessment drawing on internal and external stakeholder perspectives. The assessment reinforces community impact as a core priority for the organization and its affiliated entities.

CAHEC said the report continues voluntary alignment with the Global Reporting Initiative, the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board framework (SASB FN-AC), and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. The New Markets allocation supports high-distress communities, with actual and projected outcomes of more than 3,500 jobs created, 5,400 student seats, 1,650 childcare spots, and 662 shelter and recovery beds.

Portfolio results for 2025 include $162.1 million in equity raised, 39 communities and 1,650 units syndicated, $374,100 in community investment grants, and 4,694 residents served. Team members contributed 1,340 volunteer hours across 13 partner organizations through the Team Outreach program.

"Our refreshed materiality assessment confirms what drives us," said Dana Boole, President and CEO of CAHEC. "Community is still at the core of everything we do, and our accountability to stakeholders matters more than ever."

CAHEC's Scale Across the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic

CAHEC is a nonprofit tax credit syndicator founded in 1992 that structures equity investments in affordable rental housing, according to akta.pro company records. The Raleigh-based organization operates in 14 states and the District of Columbia through six affiliates, providing low-income housing, historic, new markets, and energy tax credit syndication, CDFI lending, and property management.

CAHEC Management, Inc. oversees daily operations of more than 350 affordable housing rental communities comprising over 15,000 apartment homes and single-family homes. CAHEC Properties Corporation serves as general partner for more than 200 residential rental properties across five states, one of the largest USDA Rural Development portfolios in the United States.

CAHEC's Recent Community Development Activity

CAHEC New Markets allocated $40 million in New Markets Tax Credit funding to three community development projects in Florida, Tennessee, and North Carolina in September 2026, FinancialContent Business Page reported. In July 2026, CAHEC announced the closing of Northgate Place Apartments, a 56-unit affordable family housing community in Talladega, Alabama, effective July 1, 2026, its first development partnership with Hollyhand Development, LLC.

CAHEC recognized five recipients with awards at its annual Partners Conference Awards Luncheon on June 9, 2026, in Raleigh, North Carolina. In April 2026, CAHEC released its 2025 annual impact report, highlighting 39 new properties across seven states and approximately 1,650 affordable housing units for 4,694 residents.

CAHEC's Next Steps

CAHEC said the 2025 ESG Impact Report is available by request. The organization's website provides further information on its affordable housing and community contributions.