Preserving Affordable Housing: How Our Grants Supported 1,271 Units
May 21, 2026
We provided flexible grant funding to help upgrade and preserve affordable housing for thousands of residents.
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Affordable Housing
Housing is a human right. And yet California, Oregon, and Washington have some of the highest levels of housing insecurity in the nation. We provide loans to organizations that purchase and manage affordable multifamily rental housing. We are proud to feature the stories of our clients whose impactful work we are able to support.
Press Release
Beneficial State Bank awards $850,000 in affordable housing grants, preserving 1,271 low-cost units across the West Coast
Oct 21, 2025
Flexible funding of up to $100,000 per organization was awarded to 17 developers.
Our Impact
5 Ways Your Money Helped People Thrive in 2024
Oct 01, 2025
Why do some people in our communities seem to climb the economic ladder while others—working just as hard or harder—stay stuck?
People, Planet, Prosperity for All
In 2025, we lent $86+ million to affordable housing projects and $0 to private prisons. When you bank beneficially, you choose to support people and planet.
Our Impact
A Lending Practice Designed to Fight Housing Insecurity
Feb 21, 2024
Safe, affordable housing is a basic human right. Here’s how we moved the needle in 2022.
Client Spotlight
Our Just Future - Affordable Housing and Supportive Services in East Portland
Jul 27, 2022
Our Just Future is an affordable housing development and social services organization building vibrant, healthy neighborhoods.
Client Spotlight
Resources for Community Development (RCD) Builds and Maintains Affordable Housing in the San Francisco Bay Area
Mar 21, 2022
Resources for Community Development has been creating and preserving affordable housing in the Bay Area since 1984.
Client Spotlight
Kulshan Community Land Trust - Innovative Affordable Housing
Jan 26, 2022
Kulshan Community Land Trust helps low- and moderate-income (LMI) families and individuals buy their first home.
Client Spotlight
Hacienda CDC - Affordable Housing in Portland
Nov 17, 2021
For this Latino community development corporation, providing affordable housing is just the start.
Client Spotlight
Housing Hope - Affordable Housing for Families
Oct 25, 2021
Housing Hope was founded to provide long-term housing solutions for low-income families and families experiencing homelessness.
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