The Limits of Credit Reporting

Written by David Langlieb Like most lenders, the Philadelphia Accelerator Fund typically requires that our borrowers personally guarantee our loans. While we don’t look forward to enforcing these personal guarantees and certainly don’t like taking borrowers to court,...

Tips for Securing Funds from a Mission-Driven Lender

Written by David Langlieb At the Philadelphia Accelerator Fund, we are ever-conscious of our mission as an alternative source of capital for small developers looking to scale up and build affordable housing in the city of Philadelphia. Part of this means periodically...

How Developers Can Support Communities

Developers have access to power that can have an immense effect on the neighborhoods. All too often their impact is negative, displacing residents, closing community stalwarts, or causing rapid gentrification. It does not have to be this way! Here are a few...