Community Investment Corporation
Douglas Stepnicka is a seasoned urban planning professional with extensive experience in community development and housing initiatives. Currently serving as a Program Officer for Community Investment Corporation, Douglas oversees the City of Chicago's Troubled Buildings Initiative, focusing on restoring viability to distressed properties and collaborating with community partners to preserve affordable housing. Douglas has held various positions, including John Pritscher Fellow at Community Investment Corporation, where responsibilities included stakeholder engagement and demographic analysis using GIS mapping. Previous roles include volunteer policy analyst at the 2nd Ward Alderman Office, planner for the City of Des Plaines, and internship experiences at HUD Community Planning and Development and Chelsea Advisors. Douglas holds a Master’s degree in Urban Planning from the University of Illinois Chicago and a Bachelor’s degree in History and International Studies from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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Community Investment Corporation
COMMUNITY INVESTMENT CORPORATION, Chicago's Multifamily Rehab Lender, is a nonprofit providing mortgage financing to buy and rehab apartment buildings with five units or more in the 6-county metropolitan Chicago area. Since 1999 over 14,000 landlords and managers have completed CIC property management training to help them better market, manage and maintain affordable rental property. CIC also provides below-market financing for multifamily energy improvements in the Energy Savers program. Since 1984 CIC has loaned over $1.2 billion for acquisition and rehab of over 2,200 buildings with 58,000 units. In 2012 CIC received the MacArthur Award for Creative and Effective Institutions.