Al Green (D-TX09)

  • Appropriations Staffer: Raphael Cohen-Fuentes
  • raphael.cohen-fuentes@mail.house.gov
  • DC Phone: 202-225-7508
  • Last updated: 02/25/2026

Impact in the District

Between 2005 and 2023, there was $215.3 million in total lending from CDFI Fund award recipients, including $110.2 million in loans to businesses and entrepreneurs, $55 million in housing development and mortgage lending, $33.4 million in consumer lending, with the balance going to other activities. For more impact data, check out the CDFI Advocacy App over at CDFI Friendly America.

Stories from the District
Cristo Rey Jesuit College Preparatory School of Houston
  • Houston,
  • Texas
  • Prestamos CDFI
  • Education
Prestamos CDFI provided a $10 million NMTC allocation for the expansion and modernization of Cristo Rey Houston’s campus, including roughly 40,000 sq. ft. of new and renovated educational space. The project will add STEAM classrooms, laboratories, arts space, college counseling, and other student services while increasing annual enrollment.
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Eva Wyatt, Aisha Taylor, Kendra Murray
  • Houston,
  • Texas
  • LiftFund
  • Loan Fund, Small Business
The COVID-19 pandemic brought challenges to many individuals, including jobs losses and businesses coming to a halt. Those affected include a group of long-time friends in Houston by the names of Eva Wyatt, Aisha Taylor, and Kendra Murray. Kendra was forced to quit her job as a schoolteacher to reduce COVID exposure for her daughter, who was at high risk. Aisha’s projects in the oil and gas industry were put on pause. Then, Eva saw a deep decrease in work when schools closed down, greatly affecting the school safety software company she worked for. With so many elements in flux, the group was in search of a solution.
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Fairwoods at Furman
  • Houston,
  • Texas
  • Capital Impact Partners
  • Affordable Housing, Homeownership
Capital Impact Partners provided flexible construction financing to developer Laolu Davies-Yemitan for Fairwoods at Furman, a 45-unit affordable for-sale townhome development in Houston. The project is being built in three phases and is designed to create attainable homeownership opportunities for working households.
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Rich Products
  • Missouri City,
  • Texas
  • Texas Mezzanine Fund
  • Loan Fund, Manufacturing
The Rich Products’ new state-of-the-art frozen dessert processing center is located in Missouri City, Texas. This 192,000 sq. ft. facility was designed as a Build-to-Suit, to include the latest in food safety designs for production, storage and packaging.
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CDFIs with Branches in the District
Golden Bank
  • Headquarters
  • , Houston
Houston Business development
  • Headquarters
  • , Houston
Priority Trust Credit Union
  • Promise Branch
  • , Houston
Texas Bay Credit Union
  • Pearland Branch
  • , Pearland

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