Habitat builds homes, then makes arrangements for responsible but needy people to buy them from the organization, with no down payment and affordable, no-interest loans.

Given the large number of foreclosures that have swept the nation, it's only right to give veterans the opportunity to refinance into low-interest, affordable loans.

With the aid of affordable loans from foreign investors, more and more Honduran coffee growers are learning to produce high-value organic coffee for today's economy.

Last February, when the online lending company E-Loan wanted to provide its customers faster and more affordable loans, it began a program in India.

It will encourage the development of small, affordable loans as an alternative to more costly payday loans.

Rural Development has an active portfolio of more than $155 billion in affordable loans and loan guarantees.

It meant providing credit to farmers who had relied on traffickers for affordable loans.

Nor are renters likely to find it any easier to save the down payments needed to qualify for an affordable loan, said Dr. DiPasquale.

Helps ensure businesses have credit to grow and families can get affordable loans to meet their economic needs.

Housing discrimination that keeps families from affordable loans and nicer areas with increasing property values keep victims from accumulating wealth.